Overview
- The White House said Secretary of State Marco Rubio will brief the bipartisan Group of 12 behind closed doors on U.S. operations against suspected narco‑fast boats near Venezuela and off Colombia.
- Reporting counts more than 50 deaths from recent strikes on small vessels, which the U.N. human rights chief condemned as unlawful killings.
- President Donald Trump acknowledged having “very secret” plans regarding Venezuela and said Nicolás Maduro’s “days are numbered.”
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said Russia maintains constant working contacts with Venezuela and declined to confirm any military aid after reports of requests for missiles, radars and aircraft.
- Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected a U.S. ground incursion, offered to mediate, and flagged the issue for a coming CELAC summit, as Pope Leo XIV called for dialogue.