There is a 'real threat' of US military action against Colombia: President
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has said that he believes there is now a "real threat" of US military action against Colombia, BBC reported.
Petro said the United States is treating other nations as part of a US "empire". It comes after Trump threatened Colombia with military action. He said that the US risks transforming from "dominating the world" to becoming "isolated from the world."
He also accused US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of acting like "Nazi brigades". Trump has significantly expanded ICE operations as part of what the administration says is a crackdown on crime and immigrants who illegally entered the US, according to BBC.
German president says US is destroying world order
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want, Reuters reported.
In unusually strong remarks, which appeared to refer to actions such as the ousting of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the weekend, the former foreign minister said global democracy was being attacked as never before.
Although the German president's role is largely ceremonial, his words carry some weight and he has more freedom to express views than politicians, according to Reuters.
US involvement in Venezuela could last years, Trump says
US President Donald Trump has said that his country's involvement in Venezuela could last for years, BBC reported.
He told the New York Times that "only time will tell" how long his administration would "oversee" the running of the South American nation following the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a raid on Saturday.
Trump also did not say if or when elections would be held in Venezuela to replace the interim government headed by Maduro loyalist Delcy Rodriguez, according to BBC.
Venezuelan government begins releasing political prisoners
The Venezuelan government has begun releasing detainees considered political prisoners by human rights groups, in what officials described as a goodwill gesture, BBC reported.
Spain's foreign ministry said five of its nationals, including one dual national, had been released. Among them is thought to be rights activist Rocio San Miguel.
The move comes after the US took Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in a lightning raid on the capital, Caracas, on Saturday, to face drug trafficking charges in New York, according to BBC.
