Colombia's foreign policy moves cautiously in the face of the moves of Nicolás Maduro and Daniel Noboa that provoke international condemnation. Colombia's closest neighbors are testing the international leadership to which Gustavo Petro has always aspired.
Petro promised from Caracas that Colombia will work for "political peace" in Venezuela, in a visit that sought to settle friction caused by his criticism of Chavismo's blockade of opposition candidacies ahead of the presidential elections on December 28. The reestablishment and normalization of the always difficult relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – completely broken in 2019 – was one of the early achievements of the Petro Government in 2022. The president has put the Colombian Foreign Ministry at the service of his total peace, with which he proposes to dialogue simultaneously with the ELN guerrilla, the dissidents of the extinct FARC and other criminal groups. The Colombian Government cannot do what the Chilean Government of Gabriel Boric does, much more vocal in its criticism of Maduro, clarifies political scientist Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir.