“More than three years ago, voters chose to place their trust once again in a progressive coalition government,” he said in the address on Monday. “We have had to deal with unprecedented emergencies and navigate an extremely difficult international environment. We have had to work with a highly confrontational Congress. We have had to take on very powerful elites that do not stand for election but want to control our country. And we have faced the worst opposition in history, one that blocks policies that are good for the country and sabotages them from the regions.”
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Colombia to continue work with US against drug trafficking, government says
(today)
Colombia will continue to work with the United States to fight drug trafficking using Washington’s intelligence and technology, it said yesterday.
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“The fight against drug trafficking must continue to be waged jointly with technology, with all the advances in cooperation that the US government can give us. We will continue to emphasise the fight against this scourge, particularly on the Colombian-Venezuelan border,” Idarraga said.
Colombia to maintain US intelligence-sharing to fight drug trafficking
(November 13, 2025)
Officials in Colombia say the country will continue to share intelligence with international agencies combatting drug trafficking, just days after President Gustavo Petro said he was suspending such collaboration with the United States over attacks on vessels in international waters.
Colombian Defence Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sanchez said in a social media post on Thursday that Petro had provided “clear instructions” to maintain a “continuous flow of information” with international agencies working on drug trafficking.