An expert on international law weighs in on the legality and global implications of the Trump administration’s drug boat killings.

U.S. gunboat diplomacy returns as President Trump threatens Venezuela invasion and sanctions Colombia. He also has worked to support right-wing admirers in Brazil and Argentina.

President Trump has just sent the USS Gerald Ford, the largest aircraft carrier in our arsenal, to the Caribbean, ostensibly to stop drug trafficking to the U.S. from Venezuela and Colombia. So far, ...

Details of the human cost of US strikes on boats in Latin America have begun to emerge, with relatives demanding answers. But some regional leaders have declared support for US unilateral military ...

Some legal experts say the strikes may violate international law as well as U.S. laws against murder and prohibitions on ...

Catatumbo, a lush, mountainous area bordering Venezuela, has been at war for decades. It’s a strategic corridor for cocaine ...

A U.S. official said the military had provided a range of options, including strikes against military facilities inside ...