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Speaking on Monday, Maduro underscored the deep historical ties between the two nations, recalling their shared origins under independence leader Simón Bolívar. “Colombia knows we are one, like Siamese brothers, and whatever happens to Colombia happens to Venezuela, and whatever happens to Venezuela happens to Colombia, as a Colombian military officer wrote to me a few weeks ago,” he said.

Emphasis mine. We should have low expectations for Colombia's military leadership, but perhaps some segments are ready to actually defend their country instead of bend over for the US.

Invoking Bolívar’s vision of regional unity, Maduro added: “In our hearts, we are the Great Colombia founded on the Orinoco by our Liberator, Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco.”

More Gran Colombia talk. The big question right now is if US aggression forces enough cooperation among Colombia and Venezuela that deeper political unity - maybe not true GC, but something in that direction.

“The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America expresses its strongest condemnation of the recent verbal attacks and threats made by President Donald Trump against the sovereignty of the Republic of Colombia and its president, Gustavo Petro.

ALBA expresses its unwavering solidarity with the people and government of Colombia, reaffirming its respect for their sovereignty, democracy, and right to freely decide their future. It also calls on the international community to reject all forms of interference, pressure, or threats of the use of force and to defend international law and peace in our America.

In the face of these attacks, the peoples of our America reaffirm their unity, dignity, and commitment to social justice, self-determination, and regional integration, and warn that they will not accept external impositions that seek to subjugate their countries.”

Trump’s announcement has prompted Latin American leaders to a collective defense of national sovereignty. The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) released a communique on Thursday, calling the CIA operations “a direct violation of the principle of sovereignty, as well as a threat to International Law and the Charter of the United Nations.”

“There will be no room for war or interventionism in Our America,” it noted, adding that the region will always be “a land of peace, dignity, and resistance.”

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday expressed the country’s solidarity with Venezuela on X. “In moments when the empire and its misguided leader approve covert CIA operations against Venezuela, we express our solidarity with that brother people and, especially, with its President Nicolas Maduro,” he said.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday that “no president from another country has the right to decide Venezuela’s fate.”

On the same day, the Workers’ Party in Brazil condemned the U.S. move as “an affront to sovereignty and a violation of international law,” noting that the CIA “has a long history of illegal and destabilizing operations in South America, marked by coups, repression and bloody dictatorships.”

Similarly, Bolivian President Luis Arce called the CIA operations “a clear act of intimidation,” warning that “a military escalation could endanger peace and stability across Latin America and the Caribbean.”

[F]ormer Bolivian President Evo Morales posted a message of solidarity with Petro on his X social media account.

“We send our full solidarity to our brother President Gustavo Petro in the face of the attacks and threats from the president of the United States, Donald Trump. Gustavo Petro is one of the dignified voices seeking peace. The threats against our sister nation Colombia are threats against the entire Patria Grande,” Morales said.

Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa also wrote on X to express his solidarity with the Colombian leader. “The fact that the most powerful man on the planet is an irresponsible clown should concern all humanity. Strength to President Petro! Strength to Colombia! Strength to Latin America!” he emphasized.

For its part, the civil organization CELAC Social Colombia issued a statement expressing its “firm support” for the president of the Republic of Colombia and pro tempore president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Gustavo Petro.

The organization “categorically rejected” Trump’s recent statements, saying he “has no moral authority to question Colombia, just as his Secretary of State, Mr. Marco Rubio, does not.” The group described the remarks as “a direct offense against Colombia’s sovereignty and a grave violation of international law and the principle of peoples’ self-determination.”

“Everyone says we’re going to turn Brazil into Venezuela, but Brazil will never be Venezuela, and Venezuela will never be Brazil. Each country will be itself,” he said during the 16th Congress of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCdoB), held in Brasilia.

“What we defend is that the Venezuelan people own their destiny, and no president from another country has the right to meddle in deciding what Venezuela or Cuba should be,” he said, making an implicit reference to U.S. President Donald Trump.