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US removes Venezuela from drug list, Trump says
Trump says the country has made progress against narcotics since Maduro's removal, may also remove Colombia and Bolivia.
United States President Donald Trump’s administration has decided to remove from its list of countries which have failed to demonstrably combat illegal drug trafficking for the first time in more than 20 years, and is considering removing Colombia and Bolivia.
“In Venezuela, thanks to my Administration’s arrest and removal of former illegitimate dictator and drug trafficker Nicolas Maduro, we are already seeing the results of growing cooperation with the country’s interim government against cartels,” Trump said in a statement submitted to the US Congress on Tuesday and released Wednesday.