Washington is anticipating an upcoming Tuesday meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro. The meeting, scheduled for 10:00 AM Mexican time at the White House, comes amid expectations after the US government revoked Petro's visa last September, accusing him of alleged involvement in drug trafficking. According to journalist Jesús Esquivel, both leaders could address the upcoming presidential elections in Colombia in May, Petro's stance on the capture of Nicolás Maduro, the situation in Cuba, or his characterization of Israel's attacks in the Gaza Strip as 'genocide.' 'Gustavo Petro, although he does not speak English, is someone who does not yield to anyone,' Esquivel emphasized, noting that the meeting is tagged as 'private,' though he did not rule out that some White House pool journalists might have access to statements from the Oval Office. In another segment, journalists Laura Weffer and Nathan Jaccard discussed the investigation 'Cuello blanco, manos sucias: a secret recording reveals plans to launder Venezuelan oil money,' published by OCCRP. Jaccard explained that this is a money laundering case in Spain, in which context they obtained a secret 2017 recording revealing the financial maneuvers of bankers tasked with laundering $1.2 billion obtained corruptly from Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA. Weffer highlighted the journalistic effort to make the topic accessible to the public, which is why the podcast is divided into five chapters that humanize the victims of corruption, 'basically fathers who lost their sons in the protests' in Venezuela in 2017, while the corrupt plot unfolded.
