A Growing Rift in the U.S.-Colombia Relationship
Halfway through President Gustavo Petro’s term, divisions over critical issues have strained the alliance.
In the two years since he took office, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has riled U.S.-Colombian relations, chipping away at nearly a quarter century of steady U.S. bipartisan support. It should not surprise that the nation’s first leftist president would seek to shake things up both internally and in the global arena. But Petro’s rhetoric and positions on issues such as counternarcotics, peace, and security—the centerpieces of collaboration over five U.S. and Colombian administrations—have alienated core constituencies in the U.S. Congress and even among some in the Biden...
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