Overview
- Rubio said on Sunday the U.S. could work with officials now in Caracas if they meet stated conditions, while backing a U.S.-directed transition.
- He affirmed continued strikes on suspected drug boats and seizures of sanctioned ships and said Washington will keep blocking Venezuelan fuel shipments to Cuba.
- Trump labeled Cuba a “failed nation,” and Rubio called the raid a blow to Cuban security networks while warning officials in Havana to be worried.
- Trump accused Colombia’s Gustavo Petro of running cocaine “factories” and told him to “watch his back,” as Bogotá condemned the operation and urged de‑escalation.
- Reports say Maduro will be transported to New York to face federal charges, and Trump also warned that “something will have to be done” about cartel power in Mexico.