President Gustavo Petro called for demonstrations after Trump said he was interested in military action in Colombia

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of cities across Colombia to decry Donald Trump’s threats to expand his military campaign in South America into their territory, after last weekend’s deadly attack on Venezuela.

In Cúcuta, a city on Colombia’s eastern border with Venezuela, several hundred demonstrators marched towards its 19th century cathedral waving the country’s yellow, blue and red flag and shouting: “Fuera los yanquis!” (“Out with the Yanks!”)

Venezuela’s interim leader offers to work with US after Trump threatened she could pay ‘very big price’

• Analysis: Delcy Rodríguez must walk tightrope as Venezuela’s interim leader

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has offered to work with the US, dialing down the confrontational tone she intially adopted after the capture of the dictator Nicolás Maduro.

In a statement late on Sunday, Rodríguez said she had “invited the US government to work together on an agenda of cooperation”.