Gustavo Petro and Xi Jinping during the China-CELAC Forum in May.

Gustavo Petro and Xi Jinping during the China-CELAC Forum in May.

Photographer: Huang Jingwen Xinhua/Redux

Colombia’s Political Elite Is Embracing China Ahead of Elections

More and more lawmakers from the South American nation are visiting Beijing instead of Washington as Trump and Petro trade barbs. 

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Colombian politicians are gravitating to China as relations sour with Washington under Donald Trump.