President Donald Trump hosts his Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque at the White House on Wednesday to discuss their campaign to pressure Venezuela's far left president, Nicolas Maduro, from power.

Trump, Colombian president meet over Venezuela crisis

'For several months there have been intelligence probes into possible attacks against the life of the president,' Carlos Holmes Trujillo said in a video on the ministry's social media accounts.

Colombia condemns alleged plot to kill president

The US State Department, in its own announcement, said the two would discuss 'the regional crisis perpetrated by the disastrous policies of the Maduro regime.'

Mike Pompeo to visit Colombia amid tensions with Venezuela

Colombian President Ivan Duque is stressing the need for international action to halt Nicolas Maduro's "dictatorship" in Venezuela, which he blames for a "massive humanitarian crisis" and a migration wave.

Colombia's Duque calls for action against Venezuelan 'dictatorship'

Venezuela's migrant exodus has sparked a "monumental" humanitarian crisis, UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi said during a visit Sunday to a border area of neighbouring Colombia.

Venezuela migrant crisis 'monumental': UN Refugee Agency chief

The peaceful election was an achievement praised by outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos after casting his ballot in Bogota

Anti-FARC conservative wins in Colombia faces leftist in runoff

The first election since the peace accord was signed with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016 now heads for a June 17 runoff to select the successor to President Juan Manuel Santos

Columbia: Right-winger Ivan Duque wins first-round presidential election

Conservative front-runner Ivan Duque has vowed to rewrite an accord he sees as too lenient on a group that waged a decades-long war of terror on Colombians, before it transformed into a political party

Colombia presidential vote poses test for FARC peace deal

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