The administration’s lethal strikes on suspected traffickers may compromise, not advance, America’s battle against cartels.

The US has escalated its military presence in the Caribbean, deploying warships and aircraft near Venezuela, citing a war on ...

The president wants a more transactional relationship in the Western Hemisphere, says Latin American expert Christopher Sabatini.

President Donald Trump expressed support for aggressive measures against drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia, including endorsements of expanded maritime drug interdiction operations and potential ...

Donald Trump has intensified his campaign against maritime drug trafficking, authorizing more forceful interdiction operations and giving U.S. forces expanded authority to disable or sink vessels susp ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said in a new interview that oil is at the center of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign in Venezuela instead of the fight against narcotics. “[Oil] is ...

President Donald Trump is "not interested" in making peace with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the White House said Thursday, as tensions between Washington and Bogotá continue to escalate. "I don ...

The US says it is fighting drugs smuggling, but Venezuela says Donald Trump's aim is to topple President Nicolás Maduro.

In a social media post, Trump referred to Petro as “an illegal drug leader” who is “low rated and very unpopular.” The Republican president warned that Petro “better close up” drug operations “or the ...

Colombian president Gustavo Petro has publicly released his bank records in an effort to demonstrate he has no ties to drug ...

Colombia's leftist president ramped up denunciations of Donald Trump's anti-drug air strikes and swatted aside US threats to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in aid Thursday. Fueling a spat that ...

Trump's remark was in reference to a series of strikes he's ordered on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and East ...