Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio of orchestrating a plan to overthrow Colombian President Gustavo Petro, describing it as a strategy to reinstate a far-right neofascist government in Colombia. Maduro's allegations came amid a recent wave of armed attacks in Colombia. In response to a judicial ruling against former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, Rubio criticized the Colombian judiciary, stating that radical judges have set a concerning precedent and asserting that Uribe's only offense was his relentless defense of the nation. Rubio's comments on the Uribe case were met with accusations from President Petro, who accused Rubio of interfering in Colombia's internal affairs.