Rubio Signals Colombia Ties Will Outlast Petro’s “Unusual” Presidency

Key Points Rubio described Colombia’s president as “an unusual” figure and later as “unstable,” but said the U.S.–Colombia relationship will not be damaged by any one leader. He framed transnational narco-linked “terrorist criminal” groups as the hemisphere’s top security threat, driving violence from Colombia to Mexico and Central America. He portrayed a widening regional alignment […]