Presidents Duque and Trump continue to conspire against Venezuela
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- Published: Wednesday, 13 February 2019 08:40
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Bogotá, 13 feb.- Colombian President Iván Duque traveled to Washington, where he will meet with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to continue conspiring against Venezuela.
Sources of the presidency confirmed in this capital that the meeting between the two leaders, scheduled for noon, will be behind closed doors in the White House, says Prensa Latina.
According to previous information and comments, the bilateral meeting will have two fundamental axes: the examination of the strategy to face the expansion of illicit crops in Colombia and the situation in Venezuela.
"We want to strengthen our bilateral relations with the United States and also address the common agenda to consolidate democracy in the hemisphere," the head of the Colombian government said last week.
The White House highlighted the solid alliance of the United States and Colombia "in the search for a more prosperous, secure and democratic Western Hemisphere", in clear allusion to the onslaught of both in relation to the legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro.
After the private meeting between the two leaders, a meeting will take place between high officials of the two countries, in which the Colombian defense ministers, Guillermo Botero will participate; of Commerce, José Manuel Restrepo; of Finance, Alberto Carrasquilla; and Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo.
Duke will also talk with Nancy Pelosi, president of the House of Representatives of the United States, and with Congressman Mitch McConnell, leader of the Republican majority in the Senate.
The participation of Duque on Friday as a special guest in a plenary of the Organization of American States (OAS), whose secretary general, Luis Almagro, has been one of the main promoters of the interventionist crusade against Venezuela, is also announced.
The rapprochement of Bogotá with Washington with respect to Venezuela has been strongly criticized by the opposition groups in the Congress of Colombia and by numerous personalities and social organizations in the South American country.
Yesterday, 22 Colombian congressmen and more than 300 intellectuals, politicians and academics asked Duque to dissociate himself from the war position of the United States in relation to Venezuela.
"We categorically declare our rejection of any possibility that has to do with Colombia participating, directly or indirectly, in a military action against Venezuela," they stressed in a letter addressed to the president. (RHC)
