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Colombian President Gustavo Petro warns: "Do not threaten our sovereignty, because you will awaken the Jaguar. Attacking our sovereignty is to declare war”

President Petro announces the rescue of singer Giovanny Ayala's son and points to those allegedly responsible for the kidnapping

Donald Trump on Venezuelan drug traffickers: "These people have killed more than 200,000 people last year. We're going to wipe out those sons of bitches."

Trump: "Colombia has entire cocaine factories; any country that does that is susceptible to being attacked, not just Venezuela."

Donald Trump: "We'll soon begin ground attacks. That's easier. We know where the bad persons are, and it will begin very soon."

Vice President JD Vance: "We've been told for decades that the U.S. military should go anywhere and do the impossible all over the world. But the red line for Washington is using the military to destroy narco-militants in our own hemisphere."

Pete Hegseth: We've only just begun striking narco boats

Is the US prepared in case Maduro leaves power? "The War Department has a contingency plan. If something were to happen, we have a planned and ready response. Our focus is on eliminating narco-militants."

Sweden advises its citizens against traveling to Venezuela

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 17 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela

White House Spokesperson: "The narco-terrorist groups designated by the president are subject to lethal attacks in accordance with the laws of war. The president has the right to eliminate them if they pose a threat."

CNN: Trump will hold a meeting this afternoon at the White House to discuss his next steps regarding Venezuela. Secretary of War Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, Secretary of State Hegseth, and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller will be present.

Iberia cancels its operations in Venezuela until December 31

The ICC prosecutor's office will close its Caracas office due to a lack of "real progress" with Venezuela.

Honduras: The moment in the room when it's announced that the National Party, supported by Donald Trump, is ahead of all the others. 539,000 votes compared to Nasralla's 514,000 and the leftist ruling party's 250,000.

A NOTAM restricting all general non-commercial aviation has been introduced over parts of Venezuela's southern border due to military operations until March 1st, 2026

Trump confirms that he had a phone call with Maduro

Russia announces it will begin evacuating Russian citizens from Venezuela. ATORUS (Association of Tour Operators of Russia) confirms that special flights are being prepared to repatriate Russians currently in Venezuela.

The president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, said that the Attorney General's Office will be activated to "support" the families of Venezuelans killed in US attacks on drug boats in the Caribbean. He asserted that these families "are receiving threats," without specifying from whom. In a press conference, Rodríguez also stated that investigations into cases related to Venezuela "are only activated when CNN or The Washington Post publish a story," but today he announced an official investigation into the deaths in the Caribbean, two months after the first incident and following reports published by those same media outlets.

US military aircraft are flying near Venezuelan airspace, a well-informed source in air traffic control circles told Russia's TASS.

US repatriation flights to Venezuela suspended after Trump's warning about closing Venezuelan airspace

An Airbus A319, usually used by Maduro, landed in Santa Elena de Uairén, on the Venezuela-Brazil border. So far, there is no information that Brazilian authorities have been contacted, - @CNNBrasil

Reports from locals in Táchira, Venezuela say the government is deploying militiamen and army units to the Colombian border and nearby tollbooths, effectively moving to militarize the area

Venezuela denounces and condemns the colonialist threat that seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace, constituting a new, extravagant, illegal, and unjustified aggression against the people of Venezuela. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela repudiates with absolute force the public message disseminated today on social media by the President of the United States, in which he attempts to extraterritorially apply the illegitimate jurisdiction of the US in Venezuela by unprecedentedly trying to give orders and threaten the sovereignty of the national airspace, territorial integrity, aeronautical security, and the full sovereignty of the Venezuelan State.

Venezuela rejects Trump’s “hostile, unilateral and arbitrary” airspace-closure declaration, the government says - Reuters

Trump’s declaration that the airspace around Venezuela is “closed” comes after he told Maduro in a phone call that the U.S. would consider using force if he didn’t step down voluntarily - WSJ

Caribbean Sea: A @USNavy F/A-18F Super Hornet (166620) is up off the coast of Venezuela

International media outlets are beginning live broadcasts from Caracas following Trump's announcement. Fighter jets are flying over Valencia, Maracay, and Naguanagua.

Copa Airlines defies Trump's order and keeps flight CMP318 on course over Venezuelan airspace, becoming the most followed flight in the world on Flightradar24 with more than 7,000 users monitoring it in real time

Cuban Foreign Minister denounces "persistent electromagnetic interference in the Caribbean, particularly over Venezuelan airspace"