Colombia's Petro will travel to Caracas next week

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April 17, 2026 8:02 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a press conference after casting his vote in congressional elections and party primaries for presidential candidate, in Bogota, Colombia March 8, 2026. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

BARCELONA, April 17 (Reuters) - ‌Colombian President ​Gustavo ​Petro said on Friday that he will travel to Caracas on ‌April 24, amid attempts to meet with ⁠Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez.

Petro said in an interview ‌on Spanish national ‌broadcaster RTVE that, following an attempted meeting with Rodriguez in a Colombian town on ​the border between the two countries — which did not take place due to ⁠security concerns — he will be traveling to the Venezuelan capital in ​April.

Rodriguez had planned to meet Petro in mid-March in what would have ​been their first bilateral ‌meeting as presidents, but the meeting was canceled due to what both ⁠governments described as a case of "force majeure", without giving further details at the time.

"The meeting ⁠at the border fell through because of certain precautions, ​she said there were security issues," Petro explained during Friday's interview.

Petro is in Barcelona taking part in ‌the so-called "Global Progressive Mobilisation", a two-day gathering of global leftist leaders organised ‌by Spain and left-wing political networks that ⁠aims to mobilise ‌these movements against ​the far right.

(Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Emma Pinedo; editing by Philippa ‌Fletcher)


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