LIBERTARIAN ANTI-IMPERIALISM
Screenshot of video released by the White House of an
Screenshot of video released by the White House of an
alleged boat carrying drugs in the Caribbean. Credit: The White House
November 12, 2025
By Adam Dick
Great Britain, over a month ago, bowed out of helping the United States blow up boats and kill their occupants in the Caribbean. Natasha Bertrand reported in a Tuesday article at CNN that Britain had then suspended its providing of intelligence to the US that would help the US in carrying out a series of fatal attacks on boats.
Bertrand wrote that Britain, “which controls a number of territories in the Caribbean where it bases intelligence assets,” has suspended intelligence sharing it has supplied the US for years that “has helped the US locate vessels suspected of carrying drugs so that the US Coast Guard could interdict them, the sources said. That meant the ships would be stopped, boarded, its crew detained, and drugs seized.”
Using the intelligence for this “law enforcement” style of action was one thing. Using it to facilitate a murder spree is another.
Bertrand explained in the first two paragraphs of her article:
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
The UK’s decision marks a significant break from its closest ally and intelligence sharing partner and underscores the growing skepticism over the legality of the US military’s campaign around Latin America.
Canada has also bowed out of providing help to the US in blowing up the boats. Wrote Bertrand:
Canada, another key US ally which has helped the US Coast Guard interdict suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean for nearly two decades, has also distanced itself from the US military strikes. The sources told CNN that Canada intends to continue its partnership with the Coast Guard, called Operation Caribbean. But the country has made clear to the US that it does not want its intelligence being used to help target boats for deadly strikes, the sources told CNN.
The US military’s boat destroying campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific has since it began in early September struck 17 boats and killed at least 70 people according to a Thursday The Hill article by Filip Timotija reporting on the latest attack.
At the beginning of this US campaign to destroy boats and kill their occupants, Jacob G. Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation described clearly how it violated legal principles intended to protect people from government run amuck. “In my opinion, that’s just murder, pure and simple,” concluded Hornberger in his September 3 article “Trump’s Drug-War Murders in the Caribbean.” Key people in the British and Canadian governments likely found this same conclusion unavoidable before those governments decided to deny support for the campaign.
November 12, 2025
By Adam Dick
Great Britain, over a month ago, bowed out of helping the United States blow up boats and kill their occupants in the Caribbean. Natasha Bertrand reported in a Tuesday article at CNN that Britain had then suspended its providing of intelligence to the US that would help the US in carrying out a series of fatal attacks on boats.
Bertrand wrote that Britain, “which controls a number of territories in the Caribbean where it bases intelligence assets,” has suspended intelligence sharing it has supplied the US for years that “has helped the US locate vessels suspected of carrying drugs so that the US Coast Guard could interdict them, the sources said. That meant the ships would be stopped, boarded, its crew detained, and drugs seized.”
Using the intelligence for this “law enforcement” style of action was one thing. Using it to facilitate a murder spree is another.
Bertrand explained in the first two paragraphs of her article:
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
The UK’s decision marks a significant break from its closest ally and intelligence sharing partner and underscores the growing skepticism over the legality of the US military’s campaign around Latin America.
Canada has also bowed out of providing help to the US in blowing up the boats. Wrote Bertrand:
Canada, another key US ally which has helped the US Coast Guard interdict suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean for nearly two decades, has also distanced itself from the US military strikes. The sources told CNN that Canada intends to continue its partnership with the Coast Guard, called Operation Caribbean. But the country has made clear to the US that it does not want its intelligence being used to help target boats for deadly strikes, the sources told CNN.
The US military’s boat destroying campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific has since it began in early September struck 17 boats and killed at least 70 people according to a Thursday The Hill article by Filip Timotija reporting on the latest attack.
At the beginning of this US campaign to destroy boats and kill their occupants, Jacob G. Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation described clearly how it violated legal principles intended to protect people from government run amuck. “In my opinion, that’s just murder, pure and simple,” concluded Hornberger in his September 3 article “Trump’s Drug-War Murders in the Caribbean.” Key people in the British and Canadian governments likely found this same conclusion unavoidable before those governments decided to deny support for the campaign.
This article was published by Ron Paul Institute
Adam Dick
Adam Dick is a Senior Fellow at Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. Adam worked from 2003 through 2013 as a legislative aide for Rep. Ron Paul. Previously, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Board of Elections, a co-manager of Ed Thompson's 2002 Wisconsin governor campaign, and a lawyer in New York and Connecticut.
Adam Dick
Adam Dick is a Senior Fellow at Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. Adam worked from 2003 through 2013 as a legislative aide for Rep. Ron Paul. Previously, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Board of Elections, a co-manager of Ed Thompson's 2002 Wisconsin governor campaign, and a lawyer in New York and Connecticut.
Venezuela: Tensions rise as US sends world's largest aircraft carrier
Issued on: 12/11/2025 - FRANCE24
A US aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict as it announced its own "massive" deployment. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under control of the US Naval Forces Southern Command, which encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean. The vessel's deployment was ordered nearly three weeks ago, with the stated goal of helping to counter drug trafficking in the region.
Video by Ava LUQUET
Issued on: 12/11/2025 - FRANCE24
A US aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict as it announced its own "massive" deployment. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under control of the US Naval Forces Southern Command, which encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean. The vessel's deployment was ordered nearly three weeks ago, with the stated goal of helping to counter drug trafficking in the region.
Video by Ava LUQUET
France condemns US military buildup in Caribbean as G7 talks open in Canada
France’s foreign minister has criticised ongoing US-led “military operations” in the Caribbean, warning they risk fuelling regional instability, as G7 foreign ministers convened in southern Ontario on Tuesday amid rising tensions over defence, trade and global security crises.
Issued on: 12/11/2025
By: FRANCE 24
Ukraine, Sudan
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, the meeting host, said bolstering Ukraine would feature prominently at the talks but stopped short of promising concrete G7 action to support Kyiv’s efforts against the Russian invasion.
As the meeting began, the UK announced £13 million ($17.1 million) in funding to help repair Ukraine’s energy sector, which has suffered massive Russian attacks in recent days. Britain also announced a maritime services ban on Russian liquefied natural gas.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Russian President Vladimir Putin “is trying to plunge Ukraine into darkness and the cold as winter approaches".
At the G7, Cooper plans “to galvanise (Britain’s) closest partners to continue to stand up for Ukraine in the face of Putin’s mindless aggression", the Foreign Office said.
Anand told reporters that Sudan’s escalating crisis would be addressed Tuesday at a working dinner on global security.
She said Canada was “absolutely horrified” by the conflict that has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and that the G7 would work “to support those who are suffering and dying needlessly in Sudan".
Anand is set for a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio before the G7 meeting closes on Wednesday.
However, she said she did not expect to press the issue of Trump’s trade war, which has caused Canadian job losses and slowed economic growth.
“We will have a meeting and have many topics to discuss concerning global affairs,” Anand told AFP. “The trade issue is being dealt with by other ministers.”
Trump abruptly ended trade talks with Canada last month – just after an apparently cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The president has voiced fury over an advertisement, produced by Ontario’s provincial government, that quoted former US president Ronald Reagan on the harm caused by tariffs.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
France’s foreign minister has criticised ongoing US-led “military operations” in the Caribbean, warning they risk fuelling regional instability, as G7 foreign ministers convened in southern Ontario on Tuesday amid rising tensions over defence, trade and global security crises.
Issued on: 12/11/2025
By: FRANCE 24
France's outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media after Mideast talks with his counterparts from European and Arab countries and French President Emmanuel Macron. © Christophe Petit Tesson, AP
01:57
France's foreign minister criticised “military operations” in the Caribbean at a G7 meeting on Tuesday, as the deployment of a US aircraft carrier strike group escalated an arms buildup in the region.
Speaking to reporters at the start of the Group of Seven gathering in Canada, top French diplomat Jean-Noel Barrot said it was crucial to avoid “instability caused by potential escalations", after Venezuela warned the US deployments could trigger a full-blown conflict.
“We have observed, with concern, military operations in the Caribbean region because they disregard international law,” Barrot said, without citing specific US actions.
The comments at the meet near Niagara Falls came after the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under the control of the US Naval Forces Southern Command, which encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean.
President Donald Trump’s administration is conducting a military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, deploying naval and air forces for an anti-drugs offensive.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the Trump administration of “fabricating a war” while pursuing a regime change plot in disguise.
Barrot said it was essential for the G7 club of industrialised democracies to “work in concert” to confront the global narcotics trade, noting that more than a million French citizens live in the Caribbean and could be impacted by any potential unrest.
01:57
France's foreign minister criticised “military operations” in the Caribbean at a G7 meeting on Tuesday, as the deployment of a US aircraft carrier strike group escalated an arms buildup in the region.
Speaking to reporters at the start of the Group of Seven gathering in Canada, top French diplomat Jean-Noel Barrot said it was crucial to avoid “instability caused by potential escalations", after Venezuela warned the US deployments could trigger a full-blown conflict.
“We have observed, with concern, military operations in the Caribbean region because they disregard international law,” Barrot said, without citing specific US actions.
The comments at the meet near Niagara Falls came after the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under the control of the US Naval Forces Southern Command, which encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean.
President Donald Trump’s administration is conducting a military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, deploying naval and air forces for an anti-drugs offensive.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the Trump administration of “fabricating a war” while pursuing a regime change plot in disguise.
Barrot said it was essential for the G7 club of industrialised democracies to “work in concert” to confront the global narcotics trade, noting that more than a million French citizens live in the Caribbean and could be impacted by any potential unrest.
Ukraine, Sudan
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, the meeting host, said bolstering Ukraine would feature prominently at the talks but stopped short of promising concrete G7 action to support Kyiv’s efforts against the Russian invasion.
As the meeting began, the UK announced £13 million ($17.1 million) in funding to help repair Ukraine’s energy sector, which has suffered massive Russian attacks in recent days. Britain also announced a maritime services ban on Russian liquefied natural gas.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Russian President Vladimir Putin “is trying to plunge Ukraine into darkness and the cold as winter approaches".
At the G7, Cooper plans “to galvanise (Britain’s) closest partners to continue to stand up for Ukraine in the face of Putin’s mindless aggression", the Foreign Office said.
Anand told reporters that Sudan’s escalating crisis would be addressed Tuesday at a working dinner on global security.
She said Canada was “absolutely horrified” by the conflict that has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and that the G7 would work “to support those who are suffering and dying needlessly in Sudan".
Anand is set for a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio before the G7 meeting closes on Wednesday.
However, she said she did not expect to press the issue of Trump’s trade war, which has caused Canadian job losses and slowed economic growth.
“We will have a meeting and have many topics to discuss concerning global affairs,” Anand told AFP. “The trade issue is being dealt with by other ministers.”
Trump abruptly ended trade talks with Canada last month – just after an apparently cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The president has voiced fury over an advertisement, produced by Ontario’s provincial government, that quoted former US president Ronald Reagan on the harm caused by tariffs.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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