There was a whirlwind of emotions on the streets of Caracas on Sunday, 24 hours after the first-ever large-scale US attack on South American soil and the extraordinary snaring of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro. That right at the start of the year they’d bomb our country while everyone was asleep?” he asked. View image in fullscreen Colombian military in Cúcuta at the border crossing with Venezuela on Saturday. Photograph: Luisa González/ReutersColombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, ordered 30,000 troops to its border with Venezuela to guard against possible turmoil. Armoured personnel carriers took up position at the border crossing between the two countries in the city of Cúcuta.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2026 13:22 UTC