Argentina on 26 August declared Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles a terrorist and narcocriminal organisation, adding the group to the country’s RePET registry for entities linked to terrorism financing. The resolution empowers Argentine authorities to impose financial sanctions, freeze assets and block the cartel’s operations inside the country, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said, calling President Nicolás Maduro and his entourage “narcoterrorists.” The move aligns Buenos Aires with the United States, which designated the cartel in July and offered a reward of up to US$50 million for information leading to Maduro’s arrest. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking at a White House cabinet meeting, welcomed Argentina’s decision and said Washington is “for the first time in the modern era truly on offense” against Latin American drug cartels. Argentina becomes the latest Latin American government—after Ecuador, Paraguay, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago—to label the cartel a terrorist group, part of what Rubio described as a growing international coalition to disrupt its drug-trafficking, smuggling and illicit mining networks. The cartel, which U.S. and regional officials say is embedded in Venezuela’s military command, has long been accused of coordinating cocaine shipments and providing support to criminal groups across the hemisphere. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado thanked President Javier Milei for the “firm and determined support” shown by the designation, arguing it increases pressure on Maduro’s government amid the country’s political and economic crisis.