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Weekly Report - 17 August 2017 (WR-17-32)

COLOMBIA: Security issues dominate vice-presidential visit

US Vice President Michael Pence conducted his first official visit to Colombia on 13 and 14 August, part of a four-nation tour of Latin America. While Pence delivered a message of continued support for the government led by President Juan Manuel Santos and Colombia’s peace process, he also raised pointed US concerns about the increase in coca cultivation in the country and the negative effects that the political and economic crisis in Venezuela is having on the region. Pence strongly hinted that the US government led by President Donald Trump would like Colombia to tackle these issues head on.

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