The Globalist Colombia’s president at the White House: Can US-Latin America tensions be resolved?
Feb 4, 2026
Tim Abrams, architecture writer covering museum reopenings and urban design. Lynn O'Donnell, foreign policy columnist with reporting from conflict zones. Stephen Diel, Russia analyst on NATO and the Ukraine war. Oscar Guardiola-Rivero, international law professor and Colombia-US commentator. They discuss Petro at the White House, drug‑trafficking agreements and regional security, NATO credibility and Kyiv visits, unrest in Balochistan, and major architectural projects.
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Colombia-US Rapprochement On Drugs
- Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump publicly reconciled at a private White House meeting and agreed to shift drug-fighting toward financial networks.
- They also discussed voluntary coca eradication and legal economic development on Colombia's borders to undercut trafficking.
Targeting Drug Financial Hubs
- Petro handed Trump a list naming alleged kingpins living outside Colombia in places like Dubai, Madrid and Miami.
- The focus moves from persecuting peasants in jungles to targeting financial infrastructures abroad.
Follow The Money, Not The Plants
- Shift counternarcotics to follow the money and disrupt global financial enablers.
- Accelerate voluntary coca eradication because it's cheaper and more effective than top-down eradication.