On October 24, local time, the United States announced sanctions on Colombian President Pedro and Venezuelan President Maduro, both of which responded.

The U.S. Department of Defense said on the 24th that the U.S. military sank another "drug trafficking ship" in the international waters of the Caribbean at night. Its spokesman Sean Parnell announced on the same day that the U.S. military was deploying the aircraft carrier strike group "Gerald R. Ford" to the area of responsibility of the U.S. Southern Command, that is, the waters surrounding Latin America. This deployment will "improve and strengthen the existing capabilities of the US military to combat drug trafficking and weaken and disintegrate transnational criminal organizations".

of Colombia:

Never bow down to America, not to its tyranny.

Colombian President Petro said on Monday that Colombia had been effectively fighting drug trafficking for decades and tried to help American society reduce cocaine consumption, but he was sanctioned by the U.S. government, saying that he had hired U.S. lawyers to defend him and would never step back.

President of Colombia Petro:Today they put me on the list of so-called U.S. Treasury Foreign Asset Control Offices because I revealed to the Colombian people a plan backed by the U.S. CIA ¨C bypassing laws and implementing communications surveillance in Colombia.We must never respond to the current U.S. government with knees, we must respond with a firm stance, as others have done, and we must go to the streets to defend the rights of the people, to defend the right to democracy, to keep it from tyranny.

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement on the 24th saying that the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on Petro, his wife, eldest son, and Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti in accordance with anti-drug laws, and will freeze their presence in the United States. Property and related financial services.

The Colombian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday strongly condemning the actions of the United States, saying the sanctions were "unfounded".

Colombia has been a traditional ally of the United States in Latin America, but relations between the two countries have recently tightened. The United States has recently attacked several ships in the Caribbean, including Colombian ships, in order to "fight drug trafficking."In addition to announcing a suspension of aid, US President Trump has also threatened tariffs on Costa Rica.

of Venezuela:

Trying to Stop America¡¯s ¡°Made¡± War

Venezuelan President Maduro said on Monday that the United States is ¡°making a new war¡± and that Venezuela will work hard to prevent it from happening.

Speaking on national television that day, Maduro said that the people of South America and the Caribbean do not want war, but desire peace, prosperity and harmony.

In his speech on Monday, Maduro noted that the United States is directly threatening Venezuela, not only by fake, fictional stories, but also by demonstrating force in the Caribbean.

Recently, the United States has deployed several warships in the Caribbean in order to "fight drug trafficking".Since September, the Trump administration has announced that it has sunk several so-called "drug trafficking ships" in Venezuelan offshore international waters.In addition to the deployment of military forces such as ships, military aircraft, the U.S. side also said that the U.S. military will take the next step or strike Venezuelan ground targets.

Recent reports from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration show that Venezuela is not the main source of drugs flowing into the United States. The Venezuelan government has repeatedly accused the United States of attempting to instigate regime change in Venezuela through military threats and carry out military expansion in Latin America.