USS Gerald Ford Enters the Caribbean: What Next for Venezuela?
The arrival of the USS Gerald Ford in Caribbean waters has raised the stakes in the tense relationship between the United States and Venezuela. The…
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Colombia Reacts to Washington After Petro is Shown as U.S “Prisoner”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is considering recalling the Ambassador to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, amid another escalating diplomatic crisis triggered by an AI-generated photo…
US Hits Seventh Narco-Boat Off Colombia, Blurring Lines Between Ally and Adversary
The United States carried out its seventh missile strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific near Colombia on Tuesday, the latest in…
EU Leaders Ditch Santa Marta Summit With U.S. Sanctions on Petro
The upcoming EU-CELAC summit in Santa Marta, billed as Colombia’s most ambitious diplomatic event in over a decade, is now being reshaped by a cascade…
FARC Dissidents Linked to Miguel Uribe Turbay Assassination
Nearly three months after the death of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, Colombian authorities say they are closing in on what they believe is the most…
Did Venezuela’s ex-spymaster Hugo Carvajal Spark OFAC Sanctions Against Petro?
The U.S. Treasury’s unprecedented decision to sanction Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his inner circle has sparked speculation that recent testimony by Venezuela’s former spy…
U.S. Deploys USS Gerald Ford to Lead Military Build-Up Near Venezuela
The United States is deploying its largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, to the Caribbean as part of the regional military…
U.S. Treasury Puts Colombia’s Petro and Close Circle on ‘Clinton List’
The U.S. Government moved aggressively against Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his inner circle on Friday, imposing sanctions that target his financial and political support…
U.S. Senate Warns of Hezbollah Expansion in Colombia and Venezuela
Hezbollah’s growing foothold in Latin America has found its epicenter in Venezuela and along the porous 2,000-km long Colombia-Venezuela border, where U.S. lawmakers and former…
U.S. Destroys Drug Boat in the Pacific as Trump Expands Anti-Narco Offensive
The United States said it destroyed a vessel carrying narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing two people it described as “narco-terrorists,” in…
Colombia Court Overturns Uribe Conviction, Declares Ex-President Innocent
Colombia’s Superior Tribunal of Bogotá has overturned the conviction of former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, declaring him innocent of bribery and witness tampering in one…
Colombian Politicians React to Trump’s Tariff Threat and Aid Suspension
U.S President Donald Trump triggered a political firestorm in Colombia after announcing on his social media platform – Truth Social – the immediate suspension of…
Trump Calls Colombia’s Petro an “Illegal Drug Leader,” Halts U.S. Aid
In an extraordinary escalation that threatens to end decades of strategic partnership, U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Sunday labeled Colombian President Gustavo Petro an…
Bogotá: “Criminal structures” behind Congress of the Peoples protest
A wave of coordinated protests and building occupations by the social movement known as the “Congress of the Peoples” has raised alarms in Bogotá this…
Colombia Targets TdeA as U.S. Launches More Caribbean Strikes
Colombia’s National Police captured a top Venezuelan of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization, hours after a second fugitive jumped to his death from his…
Venezuelan Activists Attacked in Bogotá During Targeted Shooting
Two Venezuelan human rights activists living in exile in Colombia were wounded in a targeted shooting on Monday afternoon in northern Bogotá, an attack that…