US EditionOnline Foes Trump, Petro Set for White House Face-to-Face
The summit aims to mend ties by focusing on drug trafficking, deportations, and security cooperation, with 20 weekly deportation flights agreed, officials said.
- On Friday, Colombia agreed to accept U.S. deportation flights as an olive branch before the White House meeting on Tuesday.
- With longstanding U.S. aid ties under strain, Colombia agreed to accept U.S. deportation flights before the Petro-Trump White House meeting, amid bilateral tensions.
- On the agenda: concrete drug‑policy shifts, as Colombia will restart glyphosate fumigation and coca production has surged under President Gustavo Petro, drug-control data show.
- Despite the agreement, Bogotá remains nervous about the risks, as officials say the outcomes could impact hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and trade links, and security cooperation with the ELN.
- Given both leaders' volatility, the summit before the May elections could still unravel, with officials noting polls favoring Ivan Cepeda and leaders' unpredictability.
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AlKhaleej TodayTrump and Petro to meet at White House after months of online sparring and strained US–Colombia ties
BOGOTA, Jan 31 — Colombia abruptly agreed to accept US deportation flights yesterday, an olive branch days before the countries’ dueling presidents meet face-to-face for the first time, at the White House.One is an alleged “racist” and “authoritarian,” the other a “low rated” “drug leader” who should “watch his ass.”After months of trading insults from their very active social media accounts, presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro will hold a…
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Independent EspañolAssociated Press BOGOTÁ (AP) — The Colombian government said on Friday that it will receive 20 flights from its citizens deported from the United States after the resumption of deportations that was announced a few days after the meeting that will be held in the White House by Presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro. “With the United States we have agreed to continue bringing the people who are going to be deported, who already have an exclusi…
Colombia resumed the repatriation flights of its citizens from the United States, just five days before the meeting that President Gustavo Petro and his counterpart Donald Trump will hold next week at the White House, the Foreign Ministry said.
Colombia resumes repatriation flights of its citizens from the United States, a few days after the meeting between Petro and Trump
The chancellor also obtained a temporary visa and will be in the motorcade with the defense minister, with a 5-day visa The article Who will accompany Petro to his meeting with Trump in Washington where he cannot be more than 5 days was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
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