US Drops Venezuela From Drug List, May Remove Colombia: Trump

The United States has removed Venezuela from its list of countries which have failed to demonstrably combat illegal drug trafficking for the first time in more than 20 years, US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Wednesday, adding he may consider removing neigboring Colombia.Because of his administration's ouster and arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January, cooperation with the country's interim government, led by Maduro's former deputy Delcy Rodriguez, is paying dividends, including in the killing of the Tren de Aragua leader known as 'Ni o Guerrero', Trump said in the presidential determination published by the State Department. Venezuela has been on the failed list since 2005."I have determined Venezuela should no longer be designated as having failed demonstrably to fulfill its drug control commitments.