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Colombia president regains US visa as ties with Trump thaw

By AFP
March 18, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a military ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota, on December 15, 2023. — AFP
Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a military ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota, on December 15, 2023. — AFP

BOGOTA: Colombia´s leftist President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that his revoked visa to the United States has been reactivated, following a warming of ties with his counterpart Donald Trump.

The two leaders who come from opposite ends of the political spectrum had been engaged in a war of words in recent months, with Washington imposing economic sanctions and slapping a visa ban on Petro and several relatives in September.