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Before the attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president Nicolás Maduro, Petro had already stated that the ELN made cocaine in Venezuela and that was the reason behind the missile attack in Maracaibo. It doesn’t matter that the said attack never occurred, nor that the cocaine lab never existed or that Petro had to retract his statement.[1] It seemed yet another of the stupidities and outbursts from Petro, who doesn’t filter what he thinks before he says it. But no, Petro was inopportunely doing a deliberate favour for Trump in his rapprochement with the Yankee government.
It turns out that whilst Petro was shouting and daring the US to try and kill or imprison him, his functionaries had secret contacts with Trump. Petro called on the Colombian people to march. He loudly and vehemently stated that if Trump attacked Colombia, it would awaken the jaguar. But that jaguar never woke up, rather Petro gave it a strong sedative and called Trump.
In a public square, like a little child being applauded by his father, Petro boasted that Trump had said it was a great honour to speak to him, and with his minister for foreign affairs smiling like a child that had just been given some sweets as a present when Petro said that she would have to go to Washington.[2] Meanwhile, the presidential candidate for the Historic Pact, Iván Cepeda said in Spain that:
Make no mistake, our government and our people will not be forced on its knees or bent to their will through insults, pressure, threats or military actions. We are not a US colony or protectorate.[3]
It would seem that Cepeda has forgotten the history of Colombia. Colombia has been under US domination for a long time. It is precisely the task the of the Left to break that, both materially and ideologically. If it doesn’t answer to the US, then whey does it always have to justify its performance on drugs? Cepeda criticised US complicity in drug trafficking, mentioning Marco Rubio by name,[4] and it is worth pointing out that the latter’s family does have proven links to drug trafficking.[5] Germany supplies almost all the acid used to manufacture cocaine, but you won’t see statements from them begging the US to acknowledge their efforts in fighting drug trafficking. They are never ever going to put them on the Clinton List. The president who licks Yankee boots on this issue and many others is Petro, just like Duque, Santos, Uribe, Pastrana, Samper and every other reprobate to hold the post. A country that allows the US to maintain or use seven military bases in its territory is not independent and yes, it is a colony. This claim is not mine; it is similar to what Petro or Cepeda would have said at other times, perhaps at the time of Plan Colombia or when foreign companies bought land all over the place. The issue of the foreign takeover of land has been raised by Senator Wilson Arias for a long time and the current government has tried to regulate through legislation that has still not been passed[6]. Any study on the history of the oil industry would say the same, that the US dominates Colombia. Cepeda knows this, but he is a cynic willing to twist the truth.
Petro wants to make us believe that he is going to convince Trump to leave oil behind and plump for the clean energy sources and in order to persuade him he offers Latin America up on a platter.
That is for public consumption. It is not real. Trump is not going to do any of that and he knows it. That statement is an attempt to simulate that he tried to talk about great things to Trump before ceding on key points on sovereignty and the armed conflict in the country.
Petro spoke a lot about how he would take up arms in the face of a Yankee invasion and also of his famous jaguar. But in reality, he is going to negotiate US meddling in the internal affairs of the country and perhaps allow their direct participation in the war on the ELN. From early on in his government Petro narcoticized his discourse on the ELN. In fact, that is what his Total Peace policy is about. He put the ELN in the same sack as drug traffickers and now he asks the US to take part in the conflict and help him finish off this group’s insurgency.
If needs be, Petro, instead of waking up the jaguar will ask the vet to put it down.
Petro wants to make us believe that he is going to convince Trump to leave oil behind and plump for the clean energy sources and in order to persuade him he offers Latin America up on a platter.
I said in my letter to Trump, at the start of his government, and in person to Biden that an American alliance could be set up, if they took advantage of the great annual potential of clean energy in South America: 1400 GW, whilst US demand for energy that comes from oil and coal is 840 GW per annum, i.e. Latin America could generate 100% of the energy needs of the USA and that would be the greatest step made in the fight to halt the climate crisis in favour of Life.[7]
That is for public consumption. It is not real. Trump is not going to do any of that and he knows it. That statement is an attempt to simulate that he tried to talk about great things to Trump before ceding on key points on sovereignty and the armed conflict in the country.
Petro spoke a lot about how he would take up arms in the face of a Yankee invasion and also of his famous jaguar. But in reality, he is going to negotiate US meddling in the internal affairs of the country and perhaps allow their direct participation in the war on the ELN. From early on in his government Petro narcoticized his discourse on the ELN. In fact, that is what his Total Peace policy is about. He put the ELN in the same sack as drug traffickers and now he asks the US to take part in the conflict and help him finish off this group’s insurgency.
If needs be, Petro, instead of waking up the jaguar will ask the vet to put it down.
References
[1] La FM (13/01/2026) Petro retira denuncia contra Trump por bombardeo, pero acusa a EE.UU. de atacar un resguardo Wayúu. Marlon Barros.
[1] La FM (13/01/2026) Petro retira denuncia contra Trump por bombardeo, pero acusa a EE.UU. de atacar un resguardo Wayúu. Marlon Barros.
[2] See Gustavo Petro@petrogustavo
Esto es Histórico. Hablaremos con Trump, de la Paz del Continente, de la soberanía , de un Pacto por la Vida basado en las energías limpias. Se puede descarbonizar la matriz de EEUU si se vuelve real el potencial de energías limpias de Suramérica
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[3] See Santiago Barbosa 🇨🇴@smoelno
"Sr. Trump, No se equivoque. Nuestro pueblo no se arrodilla ni se doblega. ¡NO SOMOS UNA COLONIA DE EE.UU!". 👏🏻💯 El futuro presidente de Colombia, Iván Cepeda, le deja claro al gobierno yankee que aquí existe la DIGNIDAD y está por encima de todo 🇨🇴✊🏼 Así se habla, HPTA 👏🏻
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[6] See Extranjeración de tierras debe ser prioridad legislative: senador Arias
[7] SeenGustavo Petro@petrogustavo
Entre las cosas que hablamos, el presidente Trump y yo, fue el desencuentro que tuvimos en su visión de la relación de EEUU con América Latina. Dije en mi carta escrita a Trump en el inicio de su gobierno, y a Biden personalmente que se podía establecer un alianza américana, si
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⏩ Gearóid Ó Loingsigh is a political and human rights activist with extensive experience in Latin America.
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