Colombian President Gustavo Petro told President Joe Biden in their first meeting Thursday that he supports lifting sanctions on the far-left government in Venezuela in return for restoring democracy. ManilaBulletin
US President Joe Biden meets with Colombian President Gustavo Petro in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2023.
He said he and Biden had discussed a conference on Venezuela hosted by Colombia next week, with foreign ministers from Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Calling Colombia a "key" to the hemisphere, Biden said Petro had been "outspoken and strong" on human rights in a region with a long history of abuses and armed conflict.
The key is to "the drug trafficking business community, which is done through intelligence work, tracing their assets and their money," he said. "I requested a little more help in that regard. We need more vessels, more boats, more drones."
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