Lea la nota en españolColombia said it would favor a path for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to hand over power to a transition government tasked with organizing new elections — preferring the idea over the alternative of a more forceful US intervention in its neighbor’s affairs.

Venezuela’s authoritarian ruler said “heavy weaponry and missiles” are already deployed and operational as a U.S. military presence lingers in nearby Caribbean waters.

Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the United States started talking about it as a literal organization.

The US plans to designate a Venezuelan drug cartel allegedly led by Nicolas Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization, expanding the legal case for more aggressive action as it masses military assets in the Caribbean after months of deadly boat strikes.

Marco Rubio confirms the Cartel de los Soles designation under Section 219, citing the group's corruption of Venezuelan institutions and drug trafficking.

President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on whether to attack Venezuela on land, a White House official and a senior US official said, as he hints a window may be opening for diplomacy.

With U.S. warships and an aircraft carrier massing off Venezuela’s coast, a former U.S. ambassador to the country says the buildup looks less like a counternarcotics mission and more like preparation for regime change.

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro sings John Lennon's "Imagine" at rally while U.S. warships patrol Caribbean waters in escalating tensions with Trump administration.

The Colombian government rejected a recent report claiming that Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio said the administration would back a plan where Venezuelan authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro would hand over power to a transitional government.