
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responded on Monday to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the possibility of talks, insisting that any future dialogue must be conducted “face to face.”

US President Donald Trump admitted late Sunday that he might be open to talks with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, signaling a possible diplomatic path alongside growing military pressure in the Caribbean. We may have talks with Maduro, and we will see what the outcome is, Trump said. They want to talk, he added.

Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in a new attack by United States forces in the Eastern Pacific in international waters, it was announced in Washington. The three individuals were described as narco-terrorists, and the mission was said to have been carried out under Operation Southern Spear, the US Southern Command (Southcom) confirmed.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the formal launch of Operation Southern Spear on Thursday, a major military offensive led by the Southern Command (Southcom) aimed at “eliminating narco-terrorists from our hemisphere.”

The USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, reinforcing the US military presence in Latin America for what the Pentagon claims is an operation to combat drug trafficking.

The US Senate, controlled by Republicans, rejected on Thursday a bipartisan resolution that sought to block President Donald Trump from launching military operations in Venezuela without congressional approval. The measure was defeated 51 to 49, with only two Republican senators siding with Democrats.

Despite the legislative setback, President Donald Trump continues to escalate his campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom he accuses of leading a regional narcotics network.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said during her telematic appearance at the Miami-held America Business Forum that if her country were liberated, so should be Cuba and Nicaragua.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law a bill making Belém, in the state of Pará, the capital of the South American country for the duration of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) between Nov. 11 and 21. The measure has been published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

A high-profile summit featuring Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Javier Milei of Argentina, alongside Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, is set to start on Wednesday at the America Business Forum in Miami. The unprecedented event, held at the Kaseya Center, brings together influential figures from global politics, finance, and elite sports to discuss the pivotal role of personal leadership in an era of complex global change.