US officials to discuss Venezuela next steps after airspace closure
US military build-up near Venezuela raises fear of invasion; White House defends kill order of alleged drug smugglers.

US military build-up near Venezuela raises fear of invasion; White House defends kill order of alleged drug smugglers.









Adolfo Franco talks about the threat of US military action against Venezuela and what he thinks is the desired outcome.
Flamengo beat fellow Brazilian side Palmeiras 1-0 in Peru to lift the Copa Libertadores title for the fourth time.

The US sabre-rattling against Venezuela shows how complicit the media can be in manufacturing a threat.
Venezuelan Foreign Ministry slams US president’s ‘colonialist threat’ amid weeks of escalating rhetoric from Washington.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of four sons of the Sinaloa cartel’s ‘El Chapo’, changes his plea to guilty, documents show.
Juan Orlando Hernandez, member of Trump-endorsed candidate Nasry Asfura’s party, serving US drug trafficking sentence.
The announcement comes as undocumented people flee neighbouring Chile in anticipation of an immigration crackdown.
New Democratic Party ousts longtime Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, who has served in office since 2001.