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Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) that helium volition conscionable with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump connected February 3 to code diplomatic tensions and Washington's subject run successful Latin America.
"We'll spot the results of that meeting," Mr. Petro said during a televised gathering with his Ministers.
Mr. Petro's U.S. sojourn volition travel connected the heels of a bitter warfare of words with Mr. Trump successful the past year, including Washington's threats to instrumentality subject enactment successful Colombia, arsenic good arsenic the U.S.-led onslaught connected Caracas to depose leftist person Nicolas Maduro.
Washington and Bogota person enjoyed information practice for decades, but ties person deteriorated since Mr. Trump began his 2nd word past January.
The 65-year-old leftist and erstwhile guerrilla, who leaves bureau this twelvemonth and is barred from moving for re-election, has been among the astir vocal leaders to criticise Mr. Trump, openly defying the Republican's cardinal extremity of deporting migrants.
After Mr. Maduro's capture, Mr. Trump accused the Colombian person of being progressive successful cause trafficking, without providing evidence, and his medication has deed Mr. Petro and his household with fiscal sanctions.
Mr. Petro has besides been a vocal professional of the U.S. subject run against alleged drug-trafficking vessels successful the Caribbean Sea and eastbound Pacific Ocean, with dozens of boats destroyed successful strikes and implicit 100 radical killed successful what rights groups person accused of being extra-judicial killings.
