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Colombia Looks to Turn the Page With US After Petro-Trump Call
Colombia expects tensions with the US to ease and cooperation on drug trafficking to strengthen following an hour-long phone call between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro, a senior Colombian diplomat said later on Wednesday.
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"Come Get Me": Colombian President Dares Trump The Same Way Maduro Did
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has challenged US President Donald Trump in the aftermath of a United States operation in Venezuela. Petro slammed the operation on Monday and, in a statement to Trump, said, "Come get me. I'm waiting for you here."
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'Watch Your A**': Trump Warns Colombian President After Maduro's Capture
Colombian President Gustavo Petro received a warning from his US counterpart Donald Trump, even as Nicolas Maduro was brought to a prison in New York almost a day after Washington launched military Operation Absolute Resolve in Ven
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US Sanctions Colombia President Over Drug Allegations
The United States on Friday announced sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, who Washington has accused of failing to curb illicit drug trafficking, alongside his wife and son.
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Colombian President Lashes Out At Trump Over Anti-Drug Air Strikes
Colombia's leftist president ramped up denunciations of Donald Trump's anti-drug air strikes and swatted aside US threats to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in aid Thursday.
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"Thug": War Of Words Between Trump, Colombia President Intensifies
Donald Trump and the president of Colombia engaged in a war of words on Wednesday, trading threats of "very serious action" and lawsuits as relations between the once-allied nations hit a new low.
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Colombia's President Embraces War Of Words With Trump Over Drug Trafficking
Donald Trump's decision to freeze millions in aid to Colombia and brand its president a drug trafficker has smashed long-standing ties and could yet shake up the country's 2026 presidential race.
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US Strikes Another Colombian Drug-Running Boat, This Time A Rebel Vessel
The United States announced Sunday another strike against what it called a drug-running boat, this time attacking an alleged Colombian leftist rebel vessel in an apparent expansion of a US military operation off the coasts of South America.
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"25,000 Americans Would've Died": Trump As US Strikes 'Drug-Carrying Submarine'
President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back to their native Ecuador and Colombia, after a military strike on their "drug-smuggling submarine" in the Caribbean that killed two others.
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Nicolas Maduro Vows To Declare "Republic In Arms" If US Attacks Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Monday said he "would constitutionally declare a republic in arms" if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean.
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Global Drugs Production At 3,708 Tonnes, 34% Jump From 2022: UN
Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the UN drug agency said on Thursday, with the illicit drug's market the world's fastest-growing.
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Mother Of Colombian Leader Shot In Head Was Kidnapped By Pablo Escobar
Diana Turbay was a journalist and was kidnapped in 1990 by a group working under drug lord Pablo Escobar. She died in a failed rescue attempt.
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"Opportunity For Drug Trafficking": Colombia Warns Trump Against Blacklisting
Colombia's defense minister on Sunday warned Donald Trump's administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports, saying the decision would bring yet more cocaine to the United States.
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'Narco Wig': Man Arrested For Smuggling 400 Doses Of Cocaine Hidden In Hair Wig
A Colombian man was arrested at Cartagena's Rafael Nunez International Airport for attempting to smuggle 400 doses of cocaine hidden inside his hair wig.
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"Cocaine Only Illegal As It Comes From Latin America": Colombia President
Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to US and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking.
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Colombia Looks to Turn the Page With US After Petro-Trump Call
Colombia expects tensions with the US to ease and cooperation on drug trafficking to strengthen following an hour-long phone call between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro, a senior Colombian diplomat said later on Wednesday.
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"Come Get Me": Colombian President Dares Trump The Same Way Maduro Did
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has challenged US President Donald Trump in the aftermath of a United States operation in Venezuela. Petro slammed the operation on Monday and, in a statement to Trump, said, "Come get me. I'm waiting for you here."
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'Watch Your A**': Trump Warns Colombian President After Maduro's Capture
Colombian President Gustavo Petro received a warning from his US counterpart Donald Trump, even as Nicolas Maduro was brought to a prison in New York almost a day after Washington launched military Operation Absolute Resolve in Ven
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US Sanctions Colombia President Over Drug Allegations
The United States on Friday announced sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, who Washington has accused of failing to curb illicit drug trafficking, alongside his wife and son.
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Colombian President Lashes Out At Trump Over Anti-Drug Air Strikes
Colombia's leftist president ramped up denunciations of Donald Trump's anti-drug air strikes and swatted aside US threats to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in aid Thursday.
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"Thug": War Of Words Between Trump, Colombia President Intensifies
Donald Trump and the president of Colombia engaged in a war of words on Wednesday, trading threats of "very serious action" and lawsuits as relations between the once-allied nations hit a new low.
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Colombia's President Embraces War Of Words With Trump Over Drug Trafficking
Donald Trump's decision to freeze millions in aid to Colombia and brand its president a drug trafficker has smashed long-standing ties and could yet shake up the country's 2026 presidential race.
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US Strikes Another Colombian Drug-Running Boat, This Time A Rebel Vessel
The United States announced Sunday another strike against what it called a drug-running boat, this time attacking an alleged Colombian leftist rebel vessel in an apparent expansion of a US military operation off the coasts of South America.
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"25,000 Americans Would've Died": Trump As US Strikes 'Drug-Carrying Submarine'
President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back to their native Ecuador and Colombia, after a military strike on their "drug-smuggling submarine" in the Caribbean that killed two others.
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Nicolas Maduro Vows To Declare "Republic In Arms" If US Attacks Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Monday said he "would constitutionally declare a republic in arms" if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean.
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Global Drugs Production At 3,708 Tonnes, 34% Jump From 2022: UN
Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the UN drug agency said on Thursday, with the illicit drug's market the world's fastest-growing.
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Mother Of Colombian Leader Shot In Head Was Kidnapped By Pablo Escobar
Diana Turbay was a journalist and was kidnapped in 1990 by a group working under drug lord Pablo Escobar. She died in a failed rescue attempt.
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"Opportunity For Drug Trafficking": Colombia Warns Trump Against Blacklisting
Colombia's defense minister on Sunday warned Donald Trump's administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports, saying the decision would bring yet more cocaine to the United States.
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'Narco Wig': Man Arrested For Smuggling 400 Doses Of Cocaine Hidden In Hair Wig
A Colombian man was arrested at Cartagena's Rafael Nunez International Airport for attempting to smuggle 400 doses of cocaine hidden inside his hair wig.
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"Cocaine Only Illegal As It Comes From Latin America": Colombia President
Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to US and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking.
