US President Donald Trump held a private, face-to-face meeting with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro at the White House on Tuesday, just weeks after he publicly insulted the South American leader and accused him of fuelling the illegal drug trade.
The high-profile meeting comes after months of strained relations, marked by threats, personal attacks and soaring diplomatic unease between Washington and Bogot.
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Only last month, Trump warned that Colombia was "run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States,"
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