A UN special rapporteur has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe US military strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean violate international law and could constitute crimes against humanity, characterizing them as serial extrajudicial killings.
The Trump administration is preparing to increase funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs countering China's global influence, including $175.8 million for a Caribbean and Central America undersea cables initiative, after previously halting many such programs.
A massive fire almost completely destroyed the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic on June 19, 2026, killing one Italian tourist and forcing the evacuation of approximately 1,700 guests from the Caribbean coastal resort.
