Events

On March 19, at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the low-profile vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three narco-militants survived the strike. Following the engagement, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivors. No U.S. military forces were harmed

President Daniel Noboa denied bombings in Colombia and asserted that the operations are taking place in Ecuador.

Pentagon says lethal boat strikes are ‘just the beginning’ in South, Central America

Delcy Rodríguez: "The lifting of sanctions is key to the interconnection between Venezuela and Colombia"

The meeting scheduled for tomorrow in Cúcuta between Gustavo Petro and Delcy Rodríguez has been cancelled.

More than 11,000 police officers will monitor the elections in Bogotá: protests and hotspots are on alert

Delcy Rodríguez will visit Colombia on March 13 on her first international trip, according to AFP.

Harold Zuluaga Arroyabe, alias 'Plumilla,' and Gerson Hernández Flórez were sent to prison after being captured in a raid on a warehouse containing explosives in Usme, south of Bogotá. According to the Prosecutor's Office, these individuals, who pleaded guilty, were allegedly supplying homemade explosives to illegal groups in different parts of the country.

María Corina Machado will attempt to return to Venezuela through Cúcuta this coming March 4th, according to sources within her party, Vente Venezuela.

Venezuela has begun driving Colombian rebels back across the border, a sharp break from years in which ELN and other fighters found safe haven on its soil, Colombia’s defence minister told AFP on Wednesday

SOUTHCOM: On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

Petro proposes to Trump that Colombia and Venezuela work together to defeat drug traffickers

Satena Flight 8849 with 15 people on board disappears from radar near Cucuta, Colombia

Colombian President Petro: They have to return him (Maduro) and have a Venezuelan court judge him, not a U.S. court. Why? Because Latin American civilization is different from Anglo-Saxon European civilization

US attacks another 'narco-boat' in the Eastern Pacific: two drug traffickers were killed and one survived the bombing

Trump reiterates that he'll soon expand his airstrike campaign on cartel targets in the Caribbean and Pacific to "land targets" "We know exactly where they're coming from"

Tropas de la Brigada15, de @Ejercito_Div7, ubicaron y destruyeron dos laboratorios empleados para el procesamiento de pasta base de coca perteneciente al grupo armado organizado Clan del Golfo en el municipio de Belén de Bajirá, Chocó. En el lugar fueron incautados 80 kilos de hoja de coca procesada e insumos de fabricación . Con esto se afectan las economías ilícitas de este grupo en más de 37 millones de pesos

Colombian President Gustavo Petro tells @lilialuciano that Venezuelan society would “implode” if the United States were to "run Venezuela for years," responding directly to comments made by President Trump

Kolumbian ulkoministeri sanoi tiistaina, että maan armeijan on puolustettava maan aluetta ja suvereniteettia Yhdysvaltojen hypoteettisen hyökkäyksen sattuessa.

Colombia's Interior Minister Armando Benedetti and acting Justice Minister Andrés Idárraga says Colombia is willing to coordinate with the United States in the fight against criminal groups and drug trafficking cartels - La FM

Ulkoministeriö: Tämä on meidän pallonpuoliskomme, eikä presidentti Trump salli turvallisuutemme uhattuna olevan

Colombia's UN Rep says country condemns U.S. actions in Venezuela

Kolumbian presidentti Gustavo Petro väittää tarttuvansa aseisiin uudelleen Trumpin uhkausten edessä.

YK:n turvallisuusneuvosto kokoontuu Kolumbian pyynnöstä – Kiinan ja Venäjän tukemana – tänään klo 10 ET. YK:n pääsihteeri Guterres on varoittanut, että Yhdysvaltojen toimet voisivat luoda "vaarallisen ennakkotapauksen". Kiina syytti Yhdysvaltoja "maailman tuomarina" toimimisesta Maduron valtaamisen vuoksi, ja Pekingin on määrä ottaa yhteen Washingtonin kanssa YK:ssa.

Yhdysvaltain presidentti Donald Trump on tiukentanut kritiikkiään Kolumbiaa ja sen presidenttiä Gustavo Petroa kohtaan Yhdysvaltojen Venezuelan-iskun jälkeen ja kuvailee maata "erittäin sairaaksi" ja "sairaan miehen johtamaksi".

Trump Kolumbian presidentistä: Hänellä on tehtaita, joissa hän valmistaa kokaiinia. Hänen on pidettävä huolta itsestään.

Petro sanoo, ettei ole "huolissaan" siitä, mitä Maduro saattaa sanoa hänestä Yhdysvalloissa.

Kolumbia valmistelee taloudellista ja sosiaalista hätätilaa Yhdysvaltojen Venezuelaan tekemän hyökkäyksen vuoksi.

Kolumbian presidentti Gustavo Petro ilmoitti, että hänen maansa sijoittaa turvallisuusjoukkoja ja avustustyöntekijöitä Venezuelan rajalle "massapakolaistulvan varalta". "Kolumbian suurlähetystö Venezuelassa vastaa aktiivisesti Venezuelassa olevien kolumbialaisten avunpyyntöihin", hän kirjoitti Twitter-tilillään.

Yhdysvaltain Bogotán-suurlähetystö suositteli Venezuelassa oleville kansalaisilleen turvapaikan hakemista.