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Leaders of Colombia, Venezuela Agree Intelligence-Sharing, Talk ...
The leaders will immediately share intelligence and expand trade as they target drug and fuel smuggling along the border, Rodriguez said.
- On Friday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez met in Caracas, pledging military cooperation to combat "mafias" on their shared border while agreeing to increase trade and energy collaboration.
- The 2,200-kilometer border connecting the two nations serves as a hub for more than $1 billion in annual trade, yet also hosts illegal activities by armed groups, smuggling, and drug trafficking.
- Rodriguez said the countries will immediately establish "mechanisms for sharing information and developing intelligence" to fight drug smuggling, illicit gold mining, human trafficking, and rare mineral extraction.
- Beyond security cooperation, the leaders agreed to bilateral efforts ensuring electricity provision to western Venezuela, which suffers frequent blackouts, while exploring joint gas exports to other nations.
- Both leaders face pressure from President Donald Trump, while nearly 3 million Venezuelan migrants have settled in Colombia in recent years, fleeing economic collapse in their home country.
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The meeting at the presidential palace in Caracas was Delcy Rodríguez's second with a head of state.
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It was a bilateral meeting, but a third country was very attentive to what was announced there. This Friday’s meeting in Caracas between Venezuela’s president-in-charge, Delcy Rodríguez, and Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, sealed with an important announcement: the two countries will develop joint military plans and open mechanisms to share intelligence in an “immediate” way. This is a milestone in security matters, because, despite being n…
On the occasion of a visit by Gustavo Petro to Caracas, the President of Colombia and the Acting President of Venezuela announced on Friday, 24 April, a collaboration between their armed forces and their respective intelligence services along the 2000 kilometres of border that the two countries share. Objective: "to rid the area of the mafia and criminal gangs".
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