Colombia Bogotá and Washington ramp up their war of words

Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart have turned up the volume in their war of words, further raising tensions between the two countries after US forces attacked Venezuela to remove Nicolás Maduro from power.

- Sibylla Brodzinsky

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, the US president threatened similar military action against Colombia, saying the country is "very sick too" and "run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States".

Trump added: "He has cocaine mills and cocaine factories and is not going to be doing it very long."

While Colombia is the world's largest producer of cocaine, there is no evidence that the country's president, Gustavo Petro, is in any way involved in the business.