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Shield of the Americas 2026
QiOSK

Trump and 14 Lat Am leaders ignite new drug-terror war at UN

Leaders designated 24 cartels, gangs, and drug trafficking groups as foreign terrorists. Expect lots of guns, ammo, and drone strikes to follow.

Bush Trump Cheney
Washington Politics

4 ways Team Trump reminded us of Bush-Cheney in 2025

From WMDs to bombing Iran, the president who consistently mocked the GWOT is now pushing the same old buttons

Aargh! Letters of marque would unleash Blackbeard on the cartels
Latin America

Aargh! Letters of marque would unleash Blackbeard on the cartels

In order for Congress to shirk its duty to declare a legal war, Sen. Mike Lee would resurrect the age of piracy

Paradoxically, 'Donroe Doctrine' could put US interests at risk
Latin America

Paradoxically, 'Donroe Doctrine' could put US interests at risk

Short-term political alignments with so-called 'champions' may erode long-term influence

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores
Africa

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores

Curiously, a presidential ‘coup’ and the country’s connections with the Latin American trade have drawn little attention from a White House so concerned about drugs

Juan Orlando Hernandez
Latin America

In pardon of narco trafficker, Trump destroys his own case for war

It appears more important to the White House that the party of convicted Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández wins Sunday's volatile election.