The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, accusing him of allowing the expansion of Cocaine production that floods the U.

An independent U.N. investigator again took world nations to task Tuesday for not standing up to the U.S. over sanctions it imposed on her — penalties that complicated her ability to deliver in person her latest assessment of Israeli human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories.

The United States Treasury Department accused President Gustavo Petro of allowing drug trafficking to flourish.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno jousted with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on social media Friday after the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Petro, claiming he aided international drug trafficking.

Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.

The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it is sanctioning Colombian President Gustavo Petro “for his role in the global illicit drug trade.” Also sanctioned are Petro’s wife and son, and Colombia’s interior minister.

The Ukrainian diplomatic corps is convinced that personal sanctions against Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and a member of the Kremlin's negotiation team, should be reinstated and strengthened.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.

The European Union on Thursday formally adopted sweeping sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector, a day after the United States announced punitive measures against the Kremlin's oil industry.

Brett Bruen, who served as a foreign policy adviser under former President Barack Obama and is now head of the Global Situation Room consultancy, said Trump was creating more problems by imposing sanctions on Petro and conducting strikes against suspected drug traffickers off the coast of Colombia.