Colombia has announced a $4.3bn deal to buy 17 Swedish-made fighter jets amid tensions with the United States.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspends intelligence sharing with the US over strikes in the Caribbean.

The UK suspends sharing of maritime intelligence with the US over concerns that Washington is using British-provided information for deadly and unlawful strikes in the Caribbean.

A two-day joint summit between the Latin American and Caribbean states and the European Union was held in Colombia.

Colombia’s Caribbean coastal city of Santa Marta is host to a two-day international gathering to send a strong message to Washington for its warmongering, following two months of airstrikes on vessels at sea.

Trump’s Secretary of War has announced new operations targeting vessels in the Pacific Ocean as part of what the administration claims are anti-drug operations, as the naval buildup continues around Venezuela.

The US armed forces have launched another attack on a ship in the Caribbean, killing at least three men aboard the vessel.