President Gustavo Petro landed this Friday morning in Washington, where he plans to participate in a leaders’ summit called by Head of State Joe Biden. But, after delaying his departure from Bogotá on Thursday, he arrived later than expected and a meeting he had planned with his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric, had to be postponed.

The meeting between two ideologically and politically linked leaders was supposed to take place very early on Friday, but President Petro took off from Bogota after 1:30 a.m. and failed to arrive in Washington early.

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Anyway, from Casa de Nariño they indicated that the time was not completely confirmed and could be managed during the day.

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According to Petro’s official schedule in Washington, he will arrive at the White House before 10 a.m. for the meeting of leaders of the Americas chaired and convened by President Joe Biden and who, among others, will be accompanied by the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. .

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This event is the summit of leaders of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity of the Americas (APEP), attended by at least ten leaders or heads of state from the same number of countries, including Canada, Chile, Costa Riva and, among others. , Ecuador and Peru.

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