Maduro's capture disrupts Caribbean travel, hundreds of flights cancelled

The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday has also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region.

US forces stop a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. forces on Saturday stopped a vessel off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

US Launches Attacks in Syria to Eliminate Islamic State

WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced the start of a military operation in Syria to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites” following the deaths of three U.S. citizens in an ambush attack almost a week ago.

Caribbean islet blossoms into love nest for endangered iguana

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Silence used to prevail in the forest of a private Caribbean islet until environmentalists transformed it into a love nest for the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana.

A look at the US military's unusually large force near Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military has amassed an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its anti-drug trafficking operations.

 

US sues US Virgin Islands over violation of Second Amendment

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Some sanctioned oil vessels divert from Venezuela as Trump threatens blockade

MIAMI (AP) – Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the South American country, a dramatic escalation in the White House’s pressure campaign on leader Nicolás Maduro.

 

Trump expands travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the U.S.

Assisted coral fertilization offers hope in Dominican Republic

BAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic (AP) – Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, proudly showing off the “coral babies” growing on metal structures that look like large spiders. The conservationist enthusiastically points a finger to trace around the largest corals, just starting to reveal their vibrant colors.