Kevin Knodell
@kjknodell.bsky.social
Staff Reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering defense and diplomacy in Hawai’i and the greater Pacific. Producer at the Angry Planet Podcast. Tips and hate mail to [email protected] http://SeeDisclaimer.com
@hirono.senate.gov said "Trump is absolutely required to get approval from Congress before recklessly authorizing military strikes in Venezuela, or other Latin American countries, which could drag our nation into another overseas conflict and put American lives at risk.”
October 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@hirono.senate.gov said "Trump is absolutely required to get approval from Congress before recklessly authorizing military strikes in Venezuela, or other Latin American countries, which could drag our nation into another overseas conflict and put American lives at risk.”
@tokuda.house.gov told me “I think it’s extremely intentional by this president to be ramming this through, these actions, amidst a govt shutdown ... you have him threatening potential land strikes, killing citizens from allied countries”
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
@tokuda.house.gov told me “I think it’s extremely intentional by this president to be ramming this through, these actions, amidst a govt shutdown ... you have him threatening potential land strikes, killing citizens from allied countries”
Rep. Ed Case told me “this simply enables the PRC to call us hypocrites and undermines the reliance we place on international law and the partnerships we need to counter the PRC’s aggressive activities, especially in the Philippines, Taiwan and other countries in the Western Pacific.”
Trump’s drug war using the military has come to the Pacific | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The Trump administration’s controversial and deadly campaign targeting alleged drug traffickers at sea has now expanded from the Caribbean into the Pacific Ocean.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Rep. Ed Case told me “this simply enables the PRC to call us hypocrites and undermines the reliance we place on international law and the partnerships we need to counter the PRC’s aggressive activities, especially in the Philippines, Taiwan and other countries in the Western Pacific.”
As @rjamesyork.bsky.social put it to me, when it comes to advancing the Admin's policy objectives & competing w/ China “it now looks like their means of addressing conditions in Latin America and getting them to go along with U.S. objectives, it’s all stick — we don’t really see carrot.
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
As @rjamesyork.bsky.social put it to me, when it comes to advancing the Admin's policy objectives & competing w/ China “it now looks like their means of addressing conditions in Latin America and getting them to go along with U.S. objectives, it’s all stick — we don’t really see carrot.
Here Rear Adm. Ernesto Segovia Forero, commander of Caribbean Naval Forces Colombia, observes RIMPAC 2024 in Hawaii from the bridge of the USS Carl Vinson.
But Colombia now accuses the U.S. of killing its citizens in its waters. Regional leaders have lots of questions about where this going.
But Colombia now accuses the U.S. of killing its citizens in its waters. Regional leaders have lots of questions about where this going.
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here Rear Adm. Ernesto Segovia Forero, commander of Caribbean Naval Forces Colombia, observes RIMPAC 2024 in Hawaii from the bridge of the USS Carl Vinson.
But Colombia now accuses the U.S. of killing its citizens in its waters. Regional leaders have lots of questions about where this going.
But Colombia now accuses the U.S. of killing its citizens in its waters. Regional leaders have lots of questions about where this going.
China has poured resources into ports and infrastructure in South and Central America. But it has also sent fishing fleets that have ravaged ecosystems coastal communities depend on. Several Latin American countries have sought to bolster cooperation with the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard as a result.
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
China has poured resources into ports and infrastructure in South and Central America. But it has also sent fishing fleets that have ravaged ecosystems coastal communities depend on. Several Latin American countries have sought to bolster cooperation with the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard as a result.
In August soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division’s jungle warfare school went to Panama to train Panamanian troops and U.S. Marines. The competition between the U.S. and China is global, and Latin countries, especially on the Pacific Coast, have lots of Indo-Pacific interests of their own.
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
In August soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division’s jungle warfare school went to Panama to train Panamanian troops and U.S. Marines. The competition between the U.S. and China is global, and Latin countries, especially on the Pacific Coast, have lots of Indo-Pacific interests of their own.
Even before the current buildup, both top military commanders and enlisted troops in Hawaii, normally focused on the Western Pacific and Pacific Islands, had been making the rounds in South America. Among them Adm. Stephen Koehler from the Pacific Fleet, who visited Chile and Peru.
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Even before the current buildup, both top military commanders and enlisted troops in Hawaii, normally focused on the Western Pacific and Pacific Islands, had been making the rounds in South America. Among them Adm. Stephen Koehler from the Pacific Fleet, who visited Chile and Peru.