US removes Venezuela from list of drug transit, production countries

Trump says country has made progress against narcotics since Maduro’s removal, may also remove Colombia and Bolivia.Published On 16 Sep 202616 Sep 2026United States President Donald Trump’s administration has decided to drop Venezuela from its list of major drug transit or production countries, and is considering removing Colombia and Bolivia.“In Venezuela, thanks to my Administration’s arrest and removal of former illegitimate dictator and drug trafficker Nicolas Maduro, we are already seeing the results of growing cooperation with the country’s interim government against cartels,” Trump said in a statement submitted to the US Congress on Tuesday and released Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Rubio heads to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru after right-wing victories in regionlist 2 of 3Marco Rubio says US seeks more economic and security ties in Latin Americalist 3 of 3As Chavez and Maduro images disappear, is Venezuela entering a new chapter?end of listThe US abducted Maduro, a leftist and long-time critic of Washington, in January and is trying him in a New York City federal court on drug trafficking charges. Washington has since been working with interim Venezuelan...