Colombia’s government says Petro and Trump called ahead of now-canceled Venezuela meeting

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump held a phone call ahead of a planned but ultimately canceled meeting with Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez. The leaders discussed economic reactivation along the Colombia-Venezuela border. The canceled meeting signals diplomatic complexity in the region.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and his US counterpart Donald Trump spoke on the phone ahead of a planned meeting with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, the President’s Office said Thursday. In a post on social media platform X, the President’s Office said the two leaders “discussed the economic reactivation on the border [with Venezuela] and […] The post Colombia’s government says Petro and Trump called ahead of now-canceled Venezuela meeting appeared first on Colombia News.