“Gunboat Diplomacy”: U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
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Photo: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Cabinet Room on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Molly Riley via Flickr. US government work.
Democracy Now! Transcript – November 14, 2025. News program: Democracy Now! Host: Amy Goodman. Co-host: Juan González. Guest: Juan Pappier.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. “80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch. […]
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