Caribbean in January 2026: the most important developments in security
Caribbean security in January 2026 was dominated by the US seizure of oil tankers. On January 7, the United States seized its second oil tanker, this time in the Caribbean, and on January 21 it said it had seized another. On January 9, the US reduced its military deployment in the Caribbean and moved ships north of Cuba. Families in Trinidad and Tobago sued the United States over deaths in a raid on a drug boat.
In Haiti, the medical charity MSF described a crisis of sexual violence and abuse as gang violence spread, and denounced what it called systematic sexual violence in Port-au-Prince. On January 31, the US State Department issued a security alert amid heavy gunfire near the US Embassy in Haiti.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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