MEXICO CITY, Jan 9, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday her government wanted closer security coordination with the United States after Donald Trump threatened ground attacks against drug cartels. Sheinbaum told reporters she asked her foreign minister to contact US Se»»»

Nicolás Maduro, then-president of Venezuela, was taken by US military forces over the weekend and is now being held in the US awaiting trial on criminal charges. The political situation in Venezuela is in limbo with the appointment of Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, now in office in Carac»»»

Hours after the call with President Donald Trump, , Colombian President Gustave Petro addressed a rally in Bogotá’s Plaza de Bolívar, convened “in defense of sovereignty,” and acknowledged that he softened a previously tougher attitude toward the American president. Photo by Carlos Ortega/EPA Jan. »»»