Overview
- On Sunday, Trump warned Havana there will be no more Venezuelan oil or money for Cuba and suggested a U.S. operation against Colombia could be considered, intensifying pressure across the region.
- Trump has revived his push to take control of Greenland, with European governments voicing concern over a potential breach of a Danish territory and a U.S.–Denmark foreign ministers’ meeting reportedly planned this week.
- Nicolás Maduro remains in U.S. custody in New York after a January operation in Caracas that U.S. officials hailed as a decisive military success.
- Administration leaders have openly framed Venezuelan oil as a central objective and highlighted a November National Security Strategy that reasserts a Monroe-style claim over the hemisphere.
- Trump and senior adviser Stephen Miller have publicly downplayed international-law constraints in favor of raw power, prompting broad condemnation in Europe and exposing splits among far-right allies.