The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday imposed new sanctions against a network of individuals and entities associated with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan criminal group designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The measure targets both the group’s leadership and facilitators within the entertainment industry.
Caracas and Moscow concluded the XIX Meeting of the High-Level Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN) with the signing of 42 agreements in areas such as health, air connectivity, science, and economic development, updating their cooperation framework for the coming years.
The Bloomberg agency has reiterated, using satellite maps, that a growing wave of electromagnetic interference is making Venezuelan airspace practically impassable, diverting commercial flights and forcing several international airlines to suspend operations. The phenomenon coincides with the most significant US naval deployment in the Caribbean in years and the state of alert decreed by Nicolás Maduro, fueling fears of a regional conflict and leaving Venezuela isolated on the air navigation map.
The growing US military presence in the Caribbean Sea has raised alarms beyond the region. European governments, multilateral organizations, and international political blocs are questioning the legality of US operations and warning about the risks of a confrontation that could destabilize Latin America. Amid calls for dialogue, open criticism, and demands for respect for international law, the tension is becoming a new point of global friction.
A joint report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the salvadoran organization Cristosal denounces that 252 Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States between March and April 2025 were held in inhumane conditions in the Center for Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT), the megaprison built by the government of Nayib Bukele.
The Fourth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU), held in Santa Marta, Colombia, ended early and with little participation from major leaders, reflecting the lack of political cohesion and the growing tensions in the Caribbean. The absences, the divergences over Venezuela, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and allegations of U.S. military deployments marked a meeting that aimed to strengthen bi-regional ties but ultimately exposed the diplomatic fragmentation on both sides of the Atlantic
. From the heart of the Amazon, more than 60 world leaders gather at COP30 to define the future of climate action. The summit, chaired by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, aims to turn ambition into concrete results in the fight against global warming. Pope Leo XIV calls for an “ecological conversion,” while the WMO warns of Latin America’s growing vulnerability, with Venezuela among the countries most affected by climate change.
A War Powers Resolution to halt attacks on Venezuela without congressional approval was rejected in a close vote on Thursday, with 49 senators in favour and 51 against.
Trump administration officials told Congress that the U.S. is not currently planning to launch strikes inside Venezuela, and that it does not have a legal justification to support such attacks against any land targets, according to sources familiar with the briefing as first reported by CNN.
The decision of the dominican government to postpone the tenth Summit of the Americas, scheduled for December of this year in Punta Cana, reveals a complex web of political, diplomatic, and geo-strategic factors affecting the continent: controversial exclusions, tensions with Venezuela, the suspension of bilateral flights, aircraft confiscations, and a growing climate of polarization in the Americas.
