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President Petro accuses US of killing Colombians in attacks on ‘narco-boats’
Gustavo Petro demands US release names of victims: ‘A new theatre of war has opened up: the Caribbean’ Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has drawn Washington’s ire after accusing the US of killing Colombian citizens during a recent boat strike in the Caribbean Sea. “A new theatre of war has opened up: the Caribbean,” Petro wrote…
US revokes visa for Colombian president Gustavo Petro after ‘reckless’ actions in New York
At a pro-Palestine protest, Petro urged US soldiers to ‘disobey Trump’s order’ and ‘not point their rifles at humanity’ The US state department said on Friday it would revoke the visa of Colombian leftist president Gustavo Petro for his “incendiary actions” during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York. “Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood…
Colombia’s Petro urges ‘criminal process’ against Trump for Venezuelan strikes
At UN, Gustavo Petro says ‘poor young people’ died in US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats off Caribbean coast Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro addressed the UN general assembly Tuesday to call for a “criminal process” to be opened against counterpart Donald Trump for US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. Petro…