US EditionTrump to Welcome Colombian Leader
The leaders discussed curbing cocaine trafficking, security cooperation, and joint actions against rebel groups amid a 65% surge in cocaine production under Petro, UN data shows.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump hosted Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House for a roughly two-hour meeting focused on drug trafficking, trade, and security.
- Relations soured after an exchange of insults, U.S. sanctions, threats of 50% tariffs and withdrawal of aid following tensions spiking after the Jan. 3 raid in Caracas.
- Past enforcement, including 36 strikes that killed at least 126 people, has shaped a fraught security background, with United Nations data showing potential cocaine production rose by 65% to over 3,000 tons.
- President Donald Trump said `we had a very good meeting`, and Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, noted the president was in a `very positive headspace` before the talks.
- A pragmatic restoration of security ties could follow if agreed actions materialize, as analysts note scope for cooperation against drug trafficking and the ELN, with regional security implications, experts say.
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Colombia's Petro, Trump Hail Talks After Bitter Rift
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump appeared to bury the hatchet on Tuesday, after a year of sparring that culminated in threats by Trump to topple the left-wing leader like in Venezuela.
The relationship between the two heads of state is considered tense. Trump accuses the former Guerillero of not doing enough against the drug trade. After a meeting, the tone changes.
Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, achieved a significant political victory after holding a “positive” meeting with U.S. president Donald Trump this Tuesday at the White House. It was only in October that the U.S. government accused Petro of being involved in drug trafficking (Petro has denied these accusations), without presenting any evidence, and revoked his visa after incendiary statements from New York City. Trump followed up on those acc…
Trump praises Colombia's Petro after weeks of contention
President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s roughly two-hour meeting on Tuesday went off without any suspected major disagreements, weeks after Trump slammed the foreign leader as a “sick man.” The two leaders have a contentious relationship, with their combative personalities and history of publicly sparring over threats of military action last year, as the U.S. routinely conducted 36 strikes against suspected drug cartel boa…
After a year of insults, threats, tariffs and unprecedented hostility towards the President of Colombia, US President Donald Trump has received Gustavo Petro in the White House this Tuesday and has met with him behind closed doors. At the discreet two-hour meeting, without the reception that heads of state usually receive in Washington, the two presidents have buried their axes of war and agreed to expand cooperation in the fight against drug tr…
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