Pas de deux: Petro, Trump found a 'perfect sparring partner for their respective political agendas' Americas To display this content from YouTube, you must enable tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again © France 24 07:11 07:11 min From the show Reading time 1 min François Picard is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Dickinson, Deputy Director for Latin America at the International Crisis Group. She offers a nuanced, clear-eyed perspective on the shifting dynamics between the United States and Colombia. Through the lens of US domestic politics, Colombia’s internal electoral cycle, and the regional impact of counternarcotics policy, Ms. Dickinson underscores how spectacle and substance often coexist. While headline-grabbing rhetoric draws public attention, the deeper currents of security cooperation, strategic alignment, and mutual interest remain remarkably stable, even in the midst of stormy weather. Dickinson, "a successful outcome of this meeting would simply be that it’s a bit boring: a return to the quiet, hard work these two countries have carried out together for decades. " She argues "that cooperation never ceased, not during the Trump administration nor Petro’s, despite disagreements over the details

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