Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 5 km NNW of San Vito, Costa Rica
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 27 km WSW of Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 42 km E of Maicao, Colombia
Colombian President in Response to US Sanctions: I Won't Take a Step Back
The United States adds Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his wife Verónica Alcocer, his son Nicolás Petro, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti to the OFAC list of sanctioned individuals
Maduro accuses the United States of exerting power over Venezuela: "We are threatened by psychological warfare."
Petro urges the US to reduce drug use and "read more Gabriel García Márquez."
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and her Carrier Strike Group, consisting of the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyers; USS Mahan (DDG-72), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), and USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), have been redirected from the Mediterranean Sea to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Area-of-Responsibility near Venezuela. The Ford will join the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and several other air and naval assets already deployed to the Southern Caribbean and Puerto Rico
3 week agoA U.S. strike against a drug vessel killed six suspected "narco-militants" in the Caribbean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said
3 week agoMaduro to Trump in English: Not war, not war. Yes peace, yes peace. No crazy war, please, please, please
Secretary of War Peter Hegseth on drug cartels: "They are ISIS, they are the al-Qaeda of our hemisphere. My message to these networks: We will hunt you down, we will eliminate you, we will seek you out."
The U.S. flew B-1 bombers near Venezuela on Thursday, stepping up pressure on President Maduro only days after other American warplanes carried out an "attack demonstration." More missions could come soon
3 week agoTrump confirms more than 3,000 criminal arrests, including members of the New Generation, MS-13, and Tren de Aragua organizations. "Since January 20, we have arrested more than 120,000 criminals."
3 week agoTrump: "The cartels are waging war on America, and just as I promised in the campaign, we are waging war on them”
Venezuela's defense minister vows to thwart any CIA operation against his country.
3 week agoVladimir Padrino López: "We know the CIA is present in Venezuela."
3 week agoTwo U.S. B-1B Lancer bombers flew a Caribbean patrol today, entering Venezuela’s ADIZ and nearing within 80 km of the coast, briefly switching off transponders in what appeared to be a strike simulation. The mission follows earlier B-52 and F-35 flights near Venezuela this month
3 week agoThe White House evades answering whether it will "seek regime change" in Venezuela: "I'm not going to get ahead of the president (Trump)." "What we've made clear is that this administration will not tolerate international narcoterrorism to bring drugs into the US."
3 week agoLeavitt: "I don't think we're seeing deescalation from the unhinged leader of Colombia right now, and I don't think the president frankly is interested in that at this point."
The White House says an announcement on drug cartels will be made at 3:00 p.m. ET, per the White House pool
Thousands of people take to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest Argentine President Javier Milei’s new economic deal with US, accusing him of "selling out" the country’s sovereignty
3 week agoTrump calls the President of Colombia a "thug" and warns: he better watch it or we'll take very serious action against him and his country
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 17 km ENE of Champerico, Guatemala
3 week agoThe US attacks a drug boat off the coast of Colombia in the Pacific. "There were two narco-militants on board. Both were killed, and no US forces were injured in this attack," said Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War.
US Secretary of Defense: The raid was carried out in international waters, killing two drug-smuggling militants. None of our soldiers were injured.
Delcy Rodríguez accuses Marco Rubio of promising Venezuelan gas to Trinidad and Tobago: "They have to pay for it. Anything else is unnatural."
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 113 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 - 7 km SSW of Quepos, Costa Rica
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 16 km WNW of Piñas, Ecuador
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 8 km W of Santa Cruz Naranjo, Guatemala
