Colombia to Ask US to Lift Sanctions to Resume Trade with Venezuela

Colombia will ask the United States to lift the sanctions that still weigh on Venezuela in order to facilitate the resumption of bilateral trade and allow companies from both countries to resume economic operations without financial restrictions.

The government believes these measures remain one of the main obstacles to fully normalizing trade relations with the neighboring country.

The request comes at a time when Bogotá and Caracas are seeking to expand their economic cooperation, especially in strategic sectors such as energy and petrochemicals, and after the surprise suspension of the meeting that the presidents of the two countries were supposed to hold last Friday.