Barbados already feeling fallout from Venezuela crisis – PM Shanna Moore03/01/202607.1K views Barbados is already experiencing tangible fallout from the escalating crisis in Venezuela, Prime Minister Mia Mottley said on Saturday, as flight disruptions, cruise challenges and concerns over stranded travellers emerged… Read more
No reports of Barbadians injured in Venezuela, says Mottley Shanna Moore03/01/20260265 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has assured the public that there are currently no reports of Barbadians being injured in Venezuela following the United States’ military operation that resulted in the… Read more
Trump says US will temporarily assume control of Venezuela, target oil sales after Maduro capture Barbados Today03/01/20260350 views President Donald Trump is insisting the US government would run Venezuela, at least temporarily, and would tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves to sell “large amounts” to other countries. The announcements… Read more
Hundreds of flights disrupted amid fallout from US military operation in Venezuela Barbados Today03/01/202603.6K views Airlines cancelled flights throughout the Caribbean on Saturday following U.S. strikes on Venezuela after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered commercial aircraft to avoid airspace in parts of the region. President Donald… Read more
Maduro and wife to be charged in US; Caricom, world react to US military action Barbados Today03/01/20260916 views Caricom is said to be “actively monitoring” the situation in Venezuela following reports of the arrest and removal of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife during US military action. The… Read more
National emergency declared in Venezuela as US conducts strikes, reportedly captures Maduro and wife Barbados Today03/01/20260475 views US President Donald Trump has announced that the US carried out a “large-scale strike against Venezuela” and that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and removed from… Read more
US forces stop another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela Barbados Today21/12/20250177 views WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues… Read more
Consider airspace around Venezuela closed, Trump says Barbados Today29/11/20250415 views US President Donald Trump has said that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND… Read more
T&T pushes back against Venezuela: ‘We do not respond well to threats’ Barbados Today17/09/20250521 views We do not respond well to threats at all. This was the defiant stance taken by Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Sean Sobers during a telephone interview with Guardian Media,… Read more
Venezuela says US navy raided a tuna boat in the Caribbean as tensions rise Barbados Today14/09/20250626 views CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday,… Read more