Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro called on the Colombian army to join forces with his country's counterparts as the U.S. continues ramping up pressure on the regime.

President Trump yet again threatened Tuesday to order strikes on land-based Venezuelan drug traffickers — and added that Colombian operators also are at risk. Trump has threatened to order land strikes for months in an expansion of his military campaign bombing alleged drug boats in international waters.

Venezuela’s president urges regional unity to deter what he calls foreign intervention, as Washington sharpens its rhetoric and threatens new designations.

InSight Crime report reveals ELN’s deep expansion in Venezuela, controlling territory, drug routes and local governance, complicating Colombia’s peace efforts.

FILE - Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello speaks to the press during the arrival of Venezuelan migrants returning from Mexico, at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) CARACAS ...

A group of five Venezuelan election observers found themselves hiding in a tight, cramped and temporary room in Cúcuta, Colombia. They included a bread maker, a salesman, a chef and an engineer, and, together, they were among the first political exiles to ...

The warning comes after the U.S. seized a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean, sparking intense backlash from the South American country.

Hector Julio Franco, 71, who fled northeast Colombia amid fighting between two rebel groups, in Tibú, Colombia, Jan. 22, 2025. After finding refuge and building power in Venezuela, a decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a ...

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is moving ahead with plans to sell a key fertilizer plant in Colombia in a quest to shore up revenue for his country’s ailing economy, squaring him against President Gustavo Petro. Venezuela’s petrochemical company ...

Venezuela boosted their chances of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in their history, beating Bolivia 2-0 on Friday, while faltering rivals Colombia were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Peru. A calamitous fifth-minute own goal from Hector ...

Group B play continues on Wednesday in the 2025 Copa América Femenina as Venezuela takes on Colombia. Colombia has yet to play a match in this year's tournament, while Venezuela sits fourth in the Group B standings after losing its first match. Venezuela ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro told an audience in Colombia on Thursday "We are already being invaded." His comments come after the US seized a Venezuelan oil tanker.