Colombia president supports lifting Venezuela sanctions in Biden meeting

Washington (AFP) April 20, 2023

Colombian President Gustavo Petro told President Joe Biden in their first meeting Thursday that he supports lifting sanctions on the far-left government in Venezuela in return for restoring democracy. Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, met with Biden in the White House and told reporters afterward that he discussed a strategy for resolving the crisis in far-left leader Nicolas Maduro