Trump, Colombia and Gustavo Petro
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Why Colombia's cocaine production keeps setting new records
Despite decades of U.S. aid and successive government strategies, Colombia's cocaine production has reached record highs due to failed peace processes, policy changes, and the fragmentation of criminal organizations.
Colombia will continue to work with the United States to fight drug trafficking using Washington's intelligence and technology, the South American nation said on Monday.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on social media he learned the United States' attack on Venezuela struck a cocaine processing facility.
President Trump threatened Colombia with possible action to stop drug flows, describing Venezuela’s neighbor as “run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he's not going to be doing it very long.
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Colombia braces with alarm after Maduro’s removal in Venezuela by US
Colombia could face its own turmoil from the stunning turn of events both in violence and a mass influx of refugees.
Donald Trump just issued a stern warning to Colombian President Gustavo Petro at a press conference this weekend.
Colombia is seeking to be taken off Washington’s list of rogue drug-trafficking nations as relations thaw between Presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro.
Trump to meet with Colombia president next month; calls on Petro to make quick progress on stemming cocaine flow into US.