Overview
- President Donald Trump will host Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday in a meeting set to be closed to the press, according to the White House schedule.
- Petro traveled on a special authorization after his U.S. visa was revoked in September, with existing U.S. sanctions on him and close associates temporarily waived for the visit.
- Talks are expected to focus on counternarcotics, regional security tied to Venezuela and migration, with Bogotá set to highlight seizures as it disputes UN estimates of soaring cocaine output.
- The encounter follows a January phone call that cooled a year of rupture marked by U.S. decertification of Colombia on drug cooperation, visa actions, sanctions, tariff threats and talk of military options.
- Colombia has resumed U.S. deportation flights ahead of the meeting, even as differences persist over the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro, whom Petro says should be returned to face trial in Venezuela.