"Colombian President Gustavo Petro sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump in a closed-door meeting that lasted approximately two hours at the White House on Tuesday. The two leaders have exchanged threats and insults since Trump returned to office in 2025, with Petro harshly criticizing the U.S. bombing of boats at sea and for threatening the sovereignty of countries in Latin America."
"Colombian Senator Clara López Obregón, speaking to Democracy Now! from Bogotá, says the White House meeting was an important "repositioning" of the relationship, and cautions that the region needs a more coordinated response to "coercion" from the U.S. "Latin America, unfortunately, has been unable to structure meaningful and permanent instruments of collective action, so each country has to negotiate on its own from a position of weakness.""
Colombian President Gustavo Petro met with U.S. President Donald Trump for a closed-door White House meeting lasting about two hours to ease months of rising tensions after Trump's 2025 return to office. The leaders had exchanged threats and insults over U.S. military strikes on civilian boats and perceived threats to Latin American sovereignty. The meeting followed a U.S. attack on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Both leaders adopted conciliatory tones afterward, with Petro sharing a handshake photo and a handwritten note from Trump. Senator Clara López Obregón called the meeting a "repositioning" and warned that Latin America lacks coordinated instruments, forcing countries to negotiate from positions of weakness.
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