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Shedding Light on a Discreet Meeting in Mar-a-Lago

Apr 24, 2017 | 09:15 GMT

Colombian authorities destroy coca plants at a field in Villagarzon municipality, Putumayo department, on Dec. 16, 2008.
Colombian authorities destroy coca plants at a field in Villagarzon municipality, Putumayo department, on Dec. 16, 2008.

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A recent low-profile meeting in Florida has raised questions about the future of Washington's policy toward Colombia. On April 14, former Colombian presidents Alvaro Uribe and Andres Pastrana met with U.S. President Donald Trump at his property in Mar-a-Lago without the Colombian government's knowledge or consent. Though Pastrana announced the visit on his Twitter account, neither he nor Uribe offered any details about the event. Both former leaders oppose Bogota's attempts to demobilize the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest and longest-running insurgency, and their trip to Florida comes just ahead of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' own meeting with Trump in May....

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