Thousands protest in Colombia as Trump and Petro agree to meet – video

President Gustavo Petro announced on Wednesday that he had agreed to meet Donald Trump after calling for Colombians to take to the streets in a ‘day of national mobilisation’ against the US president’s military threats. Anger mounted in Colombia after the US intervention in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro last week. On Sunday, when asked if there would be a US operation in Colombia, Trump replied: ‘Sounds good to me. You know why? Because they kill a lot of people.’

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