哥伦比亚总统的白宫之行发生在特朗普9月撤销其签证并将其称为“毒品头目”之后
作者：埃弗拉特·拉赫特
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月3日 美国东部时间上午6:00
[极左翼哥伦比亚总统抨击特朗普反毒品政策是权力工具而非可卡因管控]
哥伦比亚领导人古斯塔沃·佩特罗表示，特朗普总统对其的“资格认定取消”具有政治动机，声称美国在拉丁美洲的政策是由贩毒者盟友塑造的。（哥伦比亚共和国总统府 via YouTube）
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在过去一年中，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与哥伦比亚总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗之间的关系从公开对抗急剧转向谨慎接触，为周二预定的白宫关键会面奠定了基础。
曾经被视为西半球典范的伙伴关系，美哥关系如今正受到毒品政策、安全合作和移民问题上深刻分歧的考验。
在访问前夕对记者发表讲话时，特朗普总统暗示两位领导人的语气近几周已发生转变，同时强调贩毒问题将主导会谈。
“我的意思是，过去一两个月他一直非常友好，”特朗普在新闻发布会上表示。”在此之前他们当然非常批评我们。但不知何故，在对委内瑞拉的突袭之后，他变得非常友好。他的态度发生了很大变化。”
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特朗普表示，他期待与佩特罗亲自会面，同时明确指出毒品问题仍是核心关切。”他会来的。我们将讨论毒品问题，因为大量毒品从他的国家流出，”特朗普说。”我期待见到他。我们会有一次很好的会面。”
（2025年3月11日，哥伦比亚波哥大何塞·玛丽亚·科尔多瓦军事学院，哥伦比亚总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗在部队表彰仪式上发表演讲。）（劳尔·阿尔博莱达/法新社 via盖蒂图片社）
哥伦比亚长期以来一直是华盛顿在南美最亲密的伙伴之一，尤其在反毒品和安全领域。自2000年开始的“哥伦比亚计划”下，双边合作大幅扩展，美国军事和执法援助在哥伦比亚打击叛乱组织和贩毒网络的斗争中发挥了核心作用。这种合作帮助稳定了该国，并最终使美国将哥伦比亚指定为主要非北约盟友。美国官员和分析师表示，近年来由于优先事项分歧和信任度下降，这一基础已经受到侵蚀。
紧张局势于2025年1月首次爆发，当时佩特罗最初拒绝允许载有哥伦比亚国民的美国驱逐航班降落。对峙促使特朗普威胁实施关税、旅行禁令和签证限制，直到哥伦比亚改变立场，同意接受这些航班。这一事件标志着特朗普重返办公室后两位领导人之间的首次重大破裂。
2025年9月，关系进一步恶化。当时佩特罗前往纽约参加联合国大会，参与抗议活动，并公开敦促美国士兵“不服从特朗普的命令”。这些言论促使美国国务院于2025年9月27日撤销了佩特罗的签证。随后一个月，特朗普政府宣布针对佩特罗及其核心圈子成员的惩罚性措施，理由是对贩毒和安全合作的担忧。
哥伦比亚官员谴责这些举动具有政治动机。特朗普公开将佩特罗称为“毒品头目”，暂停美国援助并威胁额外惩罚措施，将关系推向观察家描述为数十年来最低点的境地。
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上个月出现了缓和迹象，两位领导人自外交关系破裂以来首次通话。特朗普后来将这次通话描述为“巨大荣誉”，表示他赞赏佩特罗的语气，并期待亲自会面。双方同意就禁毒、移民和贸易等争议问题重启对话。哥伦比亚随后恢复了美国驱逐航班，作为稳定关系的更广泛努力的一部分，为周二的面对面会面铺平了道路。
美国优先政策研究所西半球倡议主任梅丽莎·福特·马尔多纳多表示，此次访问突显了两国目前面临的重大利益纠葛。
“哥伦比亚仍然是美国在南美的最重要伙伴，但这一地位是有条件的，而且最近面临着真正的压力，很大程度上是因为古斯塔沃·佩特罗总统对威胁哥伦比亚主权和美国安全的犯罪网络持容忍态度，”马尔多纳多告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
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她说，特朗普政府在此次会面中的目标可能是在多年偏离轨道后，恢复她所说的“真正的合作”，特别是在禁毒和安全领域。
“禁毒和安全合作可能会主导对话，”马尔多纳多指出创纪录的可卡因产量，以及她所说的哥伦比亚部分国家对犯罪网络日益增长的容忍度。她认为，华盛顿越来越认为哥伦比亚未能满足美国在打击非法毒品方面的期望。
（2021年3月20日，哥伦比亚布埃纳文图拉，技术调查委员会成员检查在缉获的贩毒潜艇上的可卡因包裹。据当局称，潜艇载有多个可卡因包裹，目的地为墨西哥海岸，属于前哥伦比亚革命武装力量（FARC）叛乱分子的武装团体。）（路易斯·罗巴约/法新社 via盖蒂图片社）
马尔多纳多表示，特朗普政府已发出信号，不再愿意迁就它认为助长毒品犯罪生态系统的政府。
“未来需要关注的是哥伦比亚是否选择纠正方向，还是继续向邻国模式靠拢——后者模糊了国家与有组织犯罪之间的界限，”她说。”哥伦比亚通过数十年的牺牲赢得了其作为主要非北约盟友的地位。这种信任遭到了严重破坏，但如果哥伦比亚展示出对卡特尔的真正决心，拒绝为犯罪集团提供政治掩护，并与美国在半球安全问题上明确重新结盟，这种信任并非无法修复。”
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她补充道：”此次访问应该明确一点：美国希望看到一个强大、主权完整的哥伦比亚。这符合美国的最大利益。然而，在毒品恐怖主义、区域安全或美国人民安全问题上，美国不会容忍模棱两可的态度。”马尔多纳多说道。
埃弗拉特·拉赫特是福克斯新闻数字频道的国际事务和联合国记者。在X平台（@efratlachter）关注她。故事可发送至efrat.lachter@fox.com。
Trump to meet Colombia’s Petro as tensions over drugs and deportations ease | Fox News
Colombian president’s White House visit comes after Trump revoked his visa in September and labeled him a ‘drug leader’
By Efrat Lachter
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Published February 3, 2026 6:00am EST
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Colombian leader Gustavo Petro says his decertification by President Donald Trump was politically motivated, alleging that U.S. policy in Latin America is shaped by allies of drug traffickers. (Presidencia de la República – Colombia via YouTube)
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Relations between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro have swung sharply from open confrontation to cautious engagement over the past year, setting the stage for a pivotal White House meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
Once considered a model partnership in the Western Hemisphere, U.S.–Colombia ties are now being tested by deep disagreements over drug policy, security cooperation and migration.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the visit, President Donald Trump suggested the tone between the two leaders has shifted in recent weeks, while underscoring that drug trafficking will dominate the talks.
“I mean, he’s been very nice over the last month or two,” Trump said during a press availability. “They were certainly critical before that. But somehow after the Venezuelan raid, he became very nice. He changed his attitude. Very much so.”
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Trump said he is looking forward to meeting Petro in person, while making clear that narcotics remain a central concern. “He’s coming in. We’re going to be talking about drugs because tremendous amounts of drugs come out of his country,” Trump said. “And I look forward to seeing him. We’re going to have a good meeting.”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a troop recognition ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military Cadet School in Bogota on March 11, 2025.(Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)
Colombia has long been one of Washington’s closest partners in South America, particularly on counternarcotics and security. Bilateral cooperation expanded dramatically under Plan Colombia beginning in 2000, with U.S. military and law-enforcement assistance playing a central role in Colombia’s fight against insurgent groups and drug trafficking networks. That cooperation helped stabilize the country and eventually led the United States to designate Colombia a major Non-NATO ally. U.S. officials and analysts say that foundation has eroded in recent years amid diverging priorities and growing mistrust.
Tensions first erupted in January 2025, when Petro initially refused to allow U.S. deportation flights carrying Colombian nationals to land. The standoff prompted Trump to threaten tariffs, travel bans and visa restrictions before Colombia reversed course and agreed to accept the flights. The episode marked the first major rupture between the two leaders following Trump’s return to office.
Relations deteriorated further in September 2025, when Petro traveled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, participated in protests and publicly urged U.S. soldiers to “disobey the orders of Trump.” The remarks prompted the U.S. State Department to revoke Petro’s visa on Sept. 27, 2025. The following month, the Trump administration announced punitive measures targeting Petro and members of his inner circle, citing concerns about drug trafficking and security cooperation.
Colombian officials denounced the moves as politically motivated. Trump publicly labeled Petro a “drug leader,” suspended U.S. aid and threatened additional punitive measures, pushing relations to what observers described as their lowest point in decades.
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Retired military take part in a rally to protest economic and social reforms pushed by the government of President Gustavo Petro and his proposal to convene a constituent assembly at the Bolivar Square in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, April 21, 2024.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Signs of de-escalation emerged last month when the two leaders spoke by phone for the first time since the diplomatic breakdown. Trump later described the call as a “great honor,” saying he appreciated Petro’s tone and looked forward to meeting him in person. Both sides agreed to restart dialogue on contentious issues, including counternarcotics, migration and trade. Colombia subsequently resumed U.S. deportation flights as part of broader efforts to stabilize relations, paving the way for Tuesday’s face-to-face meeting.
Melissa Ford Maldonado, director of the Western Hemisphere Initiative at the America First Policy Institute, said the visit highlights how much is now at stake for both countries.
“Colombia remains the most important U.S. partner in South America, but that status is conditional, and lately it’s been under real strain, largely because of President Gustavo Petro’s tolerance for criminal networks that threaten both Colombian sovereignty and American security,” Maldonado told Fox News Digital.
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Members from the Technical Investigation Board (CTI) inspect packages with cocaine on a narco submarine seized in Buenaventura, Colombia, on March 20, 2021. According to the authorities, it contained several packages of cocaine, was destined for the coasts of Mexico and belonged to an armed group of dissident FARC guerrillas.(LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)
She said the Trump administration’s objectives heading into the meeting are likely focused on restoring what she described as “real cooperation” on counternarcotics and security after years of drift.
“Counternarcotics and security cooperation will likely dominate the conversation,” Maldonado said, pointing to record cocaine production and what she described as growing tolerance within parts of the Colombian state for criminal networks. She argued that Washington has increasingly treated Colombia as failing to meet U.S. expectations in the fight against illegal drugs.
People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, line up to register for shelter at a stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Maldonado said the administration has signaled it is no longer willing to accommodate governments it believes enable narco-criminal ecosystems.
“What to watch going forward is whether Colombia chooses to course-correct or continues drifting toward the model next door, which blurred the line between the state and organized crime,” she said. “Colombia earned its status as a major Non-NATO Ally through decades of sacrifice. That trust has been badly damaged, but it is not beyond repair if Colombia demonstrates genuine resolve against cartels, rejects political cover for criminal groups and realigns clearly with the United States on hemispheric security.”
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She added, “This visit should make one thing unmistakable: the United States wants a strong, sovereign Colombia. It is in America’s best interest. However, it will not tolerate ambiguity when it comes to narco-terrorism, regional security or the safety of the American people,” Maldonado said.
Efrat Lachter is a world reporter for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.
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