The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that the meeting he will hold next Friday in Caracas with his Venezuelan counterpart, Delcy Rodríguez, will focus on security on the common border, with emphasis on the situation in the Catatumbo region.
First modification: 04/22/2026 - 20:20
"So, if we go, Catatumbo is a topic to discuss with President Delcy. That is why my delegation is going to be more military, police, with the Minister of Defense, to organize the delegation," said the president in a televised council of ministers.
The head of state added that the meeting will seek to advance a "joint plan" for security and strengthen coordination with the Police and Military Forces of Venezuela and a "close intelligence relationship" between both countries, warning that without this the operations may end up affecting the population.
The meeting with Delcy Rodríguez was announced by Petro last Friday on 'Los Desayunos' on RTVE and EFE, in Barcelona, where he announced that he will travel to Caracas on April 24.
This meeting will take place after the failed attempt to meet the leaders that was scheduled for last March 13 in the Colombian city of Cúcuta, a border area, and which was canceled at the last minute by Venezuela citing security reasons.
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The Government of Venezuela has not commented on this Friday's meeting, which if it occurs would be the first between Petro and Rodríguez since she assumed power, after the fall of Nicolás Maduro on January 3.
The Catatumbo region, which Petro wants to emphasize in his meeting with Rodríguez, is located in the department of Norte de Santander, on the Colombian side and borders the state of Táchira, in Venezuela.
Catatumbo has one of the largest coca-growing areas in the country and since January 2025 it has been experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis, with more than 100,000 people displaced and nearly a hundred dead, due to clashes between the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the 33rd Front of the FARC dissidents, who are fighting for territorial control.
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