After years of tense relationships between Venezuela and Colombia, personified initially by Hugo Chávez and Álvaro Uribe and continued later on by Nicolás Maduro and Ivan Duque, both countries finally seemed to find common ground when Gustavo Petro became Colombia's first ever leftist president.
However, relations between the two countries have soured as of late, as Petro, along with Brazilian president Lula da Silva, have become essential mediators in the crisis that has engulfed Venezuela since Maduro claimed to have won reelection on July 28, a result that's been questioned by the country's opposition and a major part of the international community, including the U.S. and the EU.
