Donald Trump engaged in discussions with several world leaders recently, addressing topics ranging from drug trafficking to human rights and international relations, according to various news reports.
Trump's meeting with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House concluded with an agreement to tackle drug trafficking, despite months of hostile remarks exchanged between the two leaders, according to the Guardian. The meeting ended with "pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap," the Guardian reported.
In a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump was cautioned to be "prudent" regarding the supply of arms to Taiwan, the Guardian reported. The call, the first between the two leaders since November, included discussions on Taiwan, which Trump described as "excellent and thorough."
Trump's activities extend beyond diplomatic engagements. He recently launched his Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland, which includes several far-right leaders such as Argentina's Javier Milei and Hungary's Viktor Orbán, according to the Guardian.
These interactions occur against a backdrop of what Human Rights Watch describes as a "democratic recession," with a growing trend of authoritarianism and abuses in countries like the US, Russia, and China, threatening the global rules-based order, according to the Guardian. The report states that almost three-quarters of the global population now live under autocratic rulers, levels not seen since the 1980s.
In other news related to global events, a prediction market platform saw someone place bets that Trump would oust Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro shortly before an alleged attack on Caracas, netting them nearly $500,000, according to the Guardian.
Meanwhile, in Venezuela, plans are underway to transform the notorious El Helicoide prison into a cultural center, a move critics say erases Venezuela's long history of repression, according to the Guardian. The structure, originally designed as a drive-through shopping center in the 1950s, was never completed and became a prison under the regimes of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
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