Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro participates in a demonstration to mark Indigenous Resistance Day, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 12, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has formally designated Venezuela’s Cartel de Los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, ramping up an ongoing pressure campaign on the South American country.
Rubio filed for the terrorism designation on Nov. 16, and the Federal Register posted the designation notice on Nov. 24.
