AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoU.S.-Caribbean Counterdrug Ops: U.S. Southern Command says Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out a lethal strike on Sept. 9 against a go-fast vessel on narco-trafficking routes, killing three “narco-terrorists,” the first reported deadly drug-boat strike since Aug. 25. Venezuela Energy Watch: Chevron’s CFO says the company’s Venezuela assets are in “great shape” after years of maintenance, aiming for 600,000 bpd via a $7 billion push that relies more on expansions than brand-new infrastructure. Peru-U.S. Security Alignment: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Peru’s President Keiko Fujimori, with both touting Peru’s entry into Trump’s “Shield of the Americas,” framed as a military-backed anti-cartel and anti-China strategy. CARICOM Reparations: Barbados will host a CARICOM reparations conference on “reparatory justice,” following a UN resolution calling racialized chattel slavery a “grave crime against humanity.” Caribbean Governance Scrutiny: Sint Maarten’s parliament spent an estimated Cg. 870,143 on MP travel in 2025, but its annual report lacks detailed public breakdowns of costs like airfare, hotels, and per diem. Regional Climate/Health: Panama is using its Caribbean sargassum crisis to support malaria-related efforts, while a NOAA-linked NASA aircraft campaign is operating there to study tropical atmospheric conditions.
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