"Donald Trump is expected to meet Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday after a year of exchanging insults and threats over the United States president's aggressive foreign policies in Latin America, and Bogota's war on drugs. Petro's visit to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 3 comes just one month after the US abduction of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in a lightning armed assault on Caracas."
"The Colombian leader will likely be seeking to address diplomatic tensions with the US, which have been in disarray since Trump began his second term last year. The 65-year-old left-wing Petro has been a vocal critic of Trump's foreign policies and recent military operations in the Caribbean Sea as well as of Israel's war on Gaza a thorny topic for the US president. Last month, tempers rose again when Trump threatened to target Colombia militarily for allegedly flooding the US with illegal drugs."
Gustavo Petro will meet Donald Trump at the White House on February 3 amid heightened tensions over drug trafficking, diplomatic strains, and recent military actions. The meeting follows a year of mutual insults and threats tied to US foreign policies in Latin America and Bogota's war on drugs. The visit comes one month after a US armed assault abducted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, and follows Trump's recent threats to target Colombia militarily over alleged drug flows. The US and Colombia established diplomatic ties after Colombian independence and have cooperated on security and economic matters, though relations have sometimes been interrupted by geopolitics and drug-war conflicts.
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