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Four sources — two U.S. officials familiar with the planning and two others familiar with the discussions — told NBC News that the Trump administration is considering options that primarily focus on drone strikes targeting the members and leadership of drug trafficking groups, as well as drug labs.
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Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the State Department will re-evaluate its travel warnings for Jamaica and other countries to ensure they reflect real conditions on the ground.
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COMMENTARY Dubious plans like more teenage work hours can't replace the undocumented labor that keeps much of our economy going. So let's find smart ways to admit more documented migrants.
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The former far-right populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, will face trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 reelection loss and stage a violent coup.
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Weaning Caribbean countries from their dependence on Venezuelan oil and combating illegal immigration will top Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s tour of the Caribbean this week.
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Federal Judge Royce Lamberth ruled the continued operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was "in the public interest" and froze White House plans to shut it down.
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The accused will become defendants in a criminal case if a majority of justices vote to accept the charges filed by the prosecutor-general last month.
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For four decades, a U.S.-financed broadcaster provoked the ire of the communist government in Cuba. President Trump dismantled it in a matter of days.
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The "Teleport to Venezuela" virtual reality experience offers Venezuelans living abroad the opportunity to journey through some of the country's major cities, heart of rural areas and the breathtaking natural beauties. It is an emotional experience for expats — particularly at this uncertain time.
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President Donald Trump says he will place a 25% tariff on all imports from any country that buys oil or gas from Venezuela. He says he'll also place new tariffs on Venezuela itself.
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Six American prisoners — including a nurse from Florida — came home from Venezuela in late January, after an unusual visit by a Trump administration official. At their Venezuelan prison, the guards wore name tags that read “Hitler” and “Demon” and covered their faces with ski masks. They were confined to cement cells, beaten, pepper-sprayed and subjected to what one prisoner called “psychological torture.”