Head of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Admiral Alvin Holsey, who oversees the Caribbean and Latin America, said in a statement that the American forces, "stand ready to combat the transnational threats that seek to destabilize our region." Just seven miles (11 kilometers) off the Venezuelan coast at its nearest point, Trinidad and Tobago has itself become a stopover for drugs on their way to the US and Europe and its prime minister has welcomed the US strikes. Asked about the US throwing its weight around in this fashion, Elizabeth Dickinson of the International Crisis Group, a think tank, said, "This is the anchor of what it means to have US military power once again in Latin America."
Author: Jon Shelton
Published at: 2025-11-16 23:40:00
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