Trump Lifts Venezuela Narco Status and Says Colombia May Follow
Trump said Venezuela’s cooperation has improved and warned Colombia could lose its drug-trafficking designation if counternarcotics gains continue.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump removed Venezuela from the U.S. list of countries failing to combat illegal drug trafficking for the first time in more than 20 years, while signaling he may consider lifting Colombia's 'failed demonstrably' status.
- Trump maintained Colombia's 'failed demonstrably' status for the previous 12 months, attributing record cocaine production to the 'incompetence and chaos' of former President Gustavo Petro's socialist policies.
- President Abelardo De La Espriella, who took office in August, pledged an aggressive campaign against coca cultivation and cocaine production. Trump stated Colombia is 'poised to resume its place as our foremost security partner in the hemisphere.'
- To lift the designation, Trump requires progress on coca eradication and dismantling 'narcoterrorist' networks over the coming year. The State Department has yet to request $1 billion in planned aid from Congress.
- President De La Espriella recently joined the U.S. 'Shield of the Americas' program to increase regional cooperation, though both Colombia and Venezuela remain designated by the United States as major drug transit hubs or producers.
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"Venezuela should no longer be designated as a country that has demonstrably failed to meet its drug control commitments," Trump said.
The United States Administration justified the decision by pointing out that Venezuela has demonstrated compliance with its drug control commitments.
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