The US attacks Venezuela, live
The president of the United States, donald trumphas threatened to repeat in Colombia a military operation similar to the one carried out this weekend in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro. The Republican magnate has directly accused the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, of being “a sick man who likes to produce cocaine and sell it to the United States” and has warned him that “He’s not going to keep doing it for long”. At the same time, he has assured that the Cuban regime “is about to fall”, since it “obtained all its income from Venezuelan oil.” For his part, Petro has condemned the North American intervention in Venezuela and has assured that the United States has been “the first country in the world to bomb a South American capital throughout human history”, in reference to the attacks carried out against military installations in Caracas.
01/05/2026
Trump asks Mexico to “get its act together”
Trump has urged Mexico to “get its act together” regarding its anti-drug operations, claiming that Drugs “are pouring into Mexico”. “We are going to have to do something. We would love for Mexico to do it. They are capable of doing it. But, unfortunately, the cartels are very strong in Mexico,” he declared, before ensuring that he has offered troops to his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. Trump has described Sheinbaum as “a great person” but has insisted that “the cartels control Mexico.”
01/05/2026
Crude oil falls after US intervention
Oil prices fall this Monday after Donald Trump asked the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, on Sunday, “full access” to the country’s natural resourcesincluding crude oil, and that OPEC+ confirmed its decision to maintain the production level until April. Brent, the benchmark crude oil in Europe, fell 0.6% early this morning and was around $60.4 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark in the US, fell 0.5% before the formal opening of the market and was around $57 per barrel.
01/05/2026
Petro charges against the US attack on Venezuela
The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, has been critical of the North American military intervention in Venezuela. “The US is the first country in the world to bomb a South American capital in all of human history. Neither Netanyahu did it, nor Hitler, nor Franco, nor Salazar. What a terrible medal that is because for generations the South Americans will not forget,” Petro expressed in his X account. For the Colombian president, “the wound remains open for a long time,” but “revenge should not exist” because “it kills the heart.” “Trade partners must change and Latin America must unite or it will be treated as a servant and slave and not as the vital center of the world,” he said.
01/05/2026
Trump: “Cuba is about to fall”
Trump has also assured that Cuba is “about to fall” because its economy is in ruin and now it will not have access to Venezuelan oil. “Cuba seems like it is about to fall. I don’t know how they are going to be able to maintain themselves, they have no income. They received all their income from Venezuela, from Venezuelan oil,” said the US president. “Many Cuban-Americans are going to be very happy with us,” he added. In statements made from Air Force One, Trump considered that, given the poor economic situation on the island, an operation in Cuba would not be necessary similar to that carried out against Nicolás Maduro. “I don’t think we need any action,” he said.
01/05/2026
Trump threatens Colombia
Trump has stated that the idea of carrying out an operation in Colombia similar to the one carried out in Venezuela against Nicolás Maduro “sounds good” to him. “It sounds good to me, and to many people,” the Republican magnate responded when asked about his willingness to repeat the operation against Maduro in the neighboring country presided over by Gustavo Petro, with whom he has had multiple confrontations. For Trump, Colombia “is very sick, governed by a sick man who likes to produce cocaine and sell it to the United States.” “It has cocaine mills and factories,” Trump said, indicating that Petro “is not going to continue doing it for long.”
