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Our reporter visited boat docks in Trinidad to find out.


The Trump administration announced two more strikes on what it says were drug boats in the Pacific. That follows seven strikes in the Caribbean. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with international correspondent Eyder Peralta about how countries in the region are reacting. And national security correspondent Greg Myre joins from Tel Aviv, where a carousel of U.S. officials has kept pressure on Israel to adhere to the president's peace plan.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.org


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