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Test yourself on the week of Aug. 30: Guyana votes, Indonesian students protest, and U.S. forces strike a Caribbean boat.

Venezuela's Interior Minister on US Attack on Boat in the Caribbean: If True, US Violated International Law

The US government, led by President Donald Trump, violated international and US laws and protocols by carrying out extrajudicial executions and sinking a boat in international waters that, according to the US authorities, resulted in the death of 11 people. Venezuelan Minister of the Interior Diosdado Cabello made this comment on Wednesday, September 3, during his television program Con El Mazo Dando. The day before, Trump reported, in statement…

When the Court Says Trump Is Above the Law, Who Protects the Eleven Dead on That Boat?

Thom's Daily Read 5September2025

'Egregious': House lawmakers blast Trump after 'clear violation of international law'

Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Delia Ramirez on Thursday strongly condemned the Trump administration's deadly attack on a boat allegedly trafficking cocaine off the coast of Venezuela as "lawless and reckless," while urging the White House to respect lawmakers' "clear constitutional authority on matters of war and peace.""Congress has not declared war on Venezuela, or Tren de Aragua, and the mere designation of a group as a terrorist organization …

Omar, Ramirez Among First in Congress to Decry 'Unconstitutional' Trump Strike on Boat

"They're now using the failed War on Drugs to justify their egregious violation of international law," the Minnesota progressive said of the Trump administration.