US EditionColombian President Petro optimistic about high-stakes White House meeting with Trump
The meeting aims to shift focus to trade, economic opportunities, and regional security after months of U.S.-Colombia tensions and sanctions over alleged drug ties.
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he was optimistic about a high-stakes White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for Feb. 3.
- The announcement marks a de-escalation after months of hostility that saw the U.S. revoke Petro's visa and impose sanctions on him and his family over unproven drug-trafficking allegations.
- The upcoming meeting will pivot from recent tensions toward common priorities, including trade, joint economic opportunities, and regional security, with discussions also expected to focus on intensifying the fight against transnational organized crime.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro was optimistic on Friday for the meeting that is expected in the coming weeks with his counterpart Donald Trump in the White House, after months of political tensions that resulted in sanctions and the threat of a military attack.
On February 3, when Colombia's President Gustavo Petro enters the White House and shakes the hand of the head of the American empire, the super-powerful Donald Trump, will put the seal on the final stage of his mandate, will definitively calm the stormy waters that threatened to sink the ship of his administration and take him to jail or grave, leave the extreme right opposition without arguments, rewrite his own history, and by the way, renew t…
President Gustavo Petro has said in recent months that the Colombian right wing has hindered Washington from knowing the real management of its government in anti-drug matters.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said today that he is optimistic about a meeting with United States President Donald Trump at the White House, which is scheduled to take place on February 3, at which the leaders are expected to discuss combating organized crime.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro was optimistic this Friday for the meeting that is expected in the coming weeks with his counterpart Donald Trump in the White House, after months of political tensions that resulted in sanctions and the threat of a military attack. “The talks are going well,” Petro said in a brief message on social network X, after quoting an announcement from the Foreign Ministry about the preparations for the meeting on Febru…
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