Gustavo Petro

(Newser) - President Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, are suddenly talking instead of trading barbs, CBS News reports. The White House says Trump spoke by phone with the Colombian president on Wednesday, days after the US leader described Colombia as "very sick" and Petro as a "sick man"...

(Newser) - President Trump's talk of using US troops against Colombia has triggered a backlash from Bogota and exposed a split between the country's political and military leadership. Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday blasted Trump's suggestion that American forces in the Caribbean could be deployed against his country...