Article 70ZD1 US-Colombia relations fray despite decades-long partnership in fighting drug trafficking

US-Colombia relations fray despite decades-long partnership in fighting drug trafficking

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Colombia recalled its ambassador to the US this week as tensions mount between the two countries over aid cuts and US military strikes in the Caribbean. Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of killing a Colombian citizen in a recent US strike on an alleged drug boat. US President Donald Trump has called his Colombian counterpart an "illegal drug dealer" and a "lunatic." For a view on the situation from Colombia, The World's Host Carolyn Beeler turns to political analyst Sergio Guzman, the director of Colombia Risk Analysis in Bogota.

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