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Fishermen avoid Caribbean waters over fear of US strikes

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6943 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration's airstrikes in the Caribbean are having a chilling effect on small-scale fishermen, who fear being attacked by mistake. Also, Taiwan's president asks lawmakers to approve a new $40 billion spending package in response to recent moves by China. And, Italy’s legislature passes a law that will make femicide an offense punishable by life imprisonment. Plus, the Olympic flame is lit; a look into the tradition of harnessing the sun’s energy.

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1:07.2

This is The World. I'm Carolyn Beeler. Marco Wormann is out for the day. Glad you are with us as we head into a long holiday weekend.

1:13.6

Since early September, the U.S. military has carried out more than 20 military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing more than 80 people in international waters. The Pentagon

1:19.3

has publicly released short video clips of the strikes. Trump administration officials say the

1:24.7

attacks are targeting drug smuggling boats.

1:32.8

Locals who work in the fishing industry fear that the U.S. military campaign is not just targeting drug smugglers.

1:34.1

They say it's putting their livelihood and their lives at risk as well.

1:38.2

Manuel Rueda reports from the Caribbean coast of Colombia.

1:45.0

I'm in a small

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