Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a protest against US President Donald Trump's recent comments accusing him of drug trafficking and a court ruling that overturned convictions against former President Alvaro Uribe, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 24, 2025. Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters

More than two weeks after President Donald Trump said he would halt “all payments” to Colombia, there has not been any interruption to the assistance, even after the administration sanctioned the country’s President Gustavo Petro accusing him of playing a “role in the global illicit drug trade.”

There is no comprehensive ongoing interagency review of all the US assistance programs to Colombia being carried out, US officials said. They pointed to a strong country-to-country relationship, built on

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