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Editorial Cartoons for Dec. 7, 2025: Hegseth Drug Boat Furor, Venezuela Under Pressure

Members of Congress on Thursday saw video of a controversial U.S. attack on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea. Survivors clinging to the wreckage died in a second attack, which some lawmakers viewed as a war crime and others saw as justified. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the White House offered shifting explanations of the Sept. 2 incident. Hegseth denied giving the order to kill the survivors.

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Cancer to Capricorn: A Maritime Showdown for the Global South

On Sept. 2, the United States really stepped up its decades-long war on drugs by sinking a boat in international waters filled with narcotics, killing 11 members of the Tren de Aragua gang. This attack, which the current administration has been hinting at for a while, opens a chance for a fresh look at how America approaches Latin America and Africa and rolling back China’s dangerous march across the region. Bounded by the two tropics, Cancer an…

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Editorial cartoons for Dec. 7, 2025: Hegseth drug boat furor, Venezuela under pressure

The week in visual commentary: Hegseth drug boat furor, Venezuela under pressure

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Signal Affair and Incident Before Venezuela: Hegseth in Criticism

Signal affair and a controversial engagement in the Caribbean: US Secretary of Defense Hegseth is currently in the focus of criticism. Also from within his own ranks.

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