Colombia

• Colombian President Gustavo Petro to Meet with Trump at the White House - President Trump was expected to meet privately with President Gustavo Petro of Colombia on Tuesday. They have clashed in the past, but there are signs that tensions are easing.
• Beatriz González, Who Chronicled Colombia’s Turmoil in Paint, Dies at 93 - Often drawing from reproduced images or newspaper photos, she made work that quietly yet memorably critiqued her country’s social and political order.
• Catholicism shrinks in Latin America while more are religiously unaffiliated, Pew surveys find - Catholicism in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade, while a growing percentage of adults identify as religiously unaffiliated, describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” “Our analysis found
• Trump Shakes up Latin American Politics - The U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro has divided the region. But every nation wants to avoid being next.
• Trump Is Making a Power Play in Latin America. China Is Already There. - China built a dominant strategic position in the region as the leading lender and trading partner. It is watching President Trump’s next moves closely.
• Colombia’s President Feared a U.S. Attack. Then Trump Called. - The conversation appeared to defuse a crisis that erupted after President Trump said military action against Colombia “sounds good.” President Gustavo Petro spoke to The New York Times just before the call.
• Trump Says ‘We Need Greenland’ and Threatens U.S. Action in Colombia and Mexico - On Air Force One, President Trump threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to acquire Greenland.
• Grim Evidence of Trump’s Boat Strikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula - First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana. Now, fishermen fear the ocean that feeds them.
• What to Know About Colombia’s Role in the Global Drug Trade Amid Trump’s Feud With Petro - President Gustavo Petro is locked in a war of words with President Trump over Colombia’s major role in the global drug trade. The issue is complicated.
• Colombia declares an economic emergency in a criticized effort to raise more taxes - Colombia ’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro's administration to issue taxes by decree, as the nation struggles to finance hospitals and the military while paying off record debts.