Council on Foreign Relations

Operation Southern Spear: The U.S. Military Campaign Targeting Venezuela

The U.S. military has launched a campaign that it says targets illegal drug trafficking in the Caribbean, but experts say the operation’s broader agenda could include regime change in Venezuela.

Why is the US flying deportees to Mexico's southern tip?

The United States is sending planeloads of deportees to the southern tip of Mexico while the northern flow of migrants has dried up under Trump.
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Trump’s Caribbean Campaign: The Data Behind Operation Southern Spear

Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on November 14, 2025, to reflect new developments in the Caribbean. These charts and tables show where the situation stands now—the array of U.S. firepower and the U.S.-Venezuelan military balance—how it reached ...

Trump administration adds militarized zone in California along southern US border

The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California.
USA Today

After Brown v. Board, the South launched massive resistance to school integration

Opponents of desegregation used legal maneuvers, school closures, intimidation, and violence to maintain racially segregated schools. The "Southern Manifesto," signed by many Southern members of Congress, argued for states' rights to defy the Supreme Court ...
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