#Gustavo Petro

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Please take a moment to read what Gustavo Petro, the Colombian president addressed to Trump. It is long, but worth every line.

VIVA A AMÉRICA LATINA!

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I think the greatest example of leftist brainrot is the president of my country, Gustavo Petro, a left-wing politician and former M-19 guerrilla member, constantly talking about the Gaza conflict in his twitter account, denouncing the violence and condemning Israel, all the while the country he’s supposedly governing falls into mass violence, thanks to his absolutely abhorrent security policies that basically account to “intelligence gathering is for right-wing fascists, the army will react to the violence, not act to stop it”.

For example, last night a whole family, including a toddler, was massacred in the town of Tibu, close to my birthplace of Ocaña, yet all her cares about is the cease fire in Gaza, and how that’s a window for “global peace”.

My fellow countrymen who voted for that piece of shit must be really enjoying the consequences of their actions.

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A Tale of Two Ws, and neither are America's.

Womp womp.

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Because I have seen people spreading misinformation about the Colombia-United States situation. The issue from Colombia's part was never about not wanting to accept repatriated citizens. The issue was that they would be received if they were returned with dignified and fair treatment, not as criminals.

That was clear from the first moment.

A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that a human being deserves.

That's why I turned back the US military planes that were carrying Colombian migrants.

I cannot allow migrants to remain in a country that does not want them; but if that country sends them back, it must be with dignity and respect for them and for our country. We will receive our fellow citizens on civilian planes, without treating them like criminals. Colombia is respected.

The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals.

I deny the entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants into our territory.

The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them.

I will never allow Colombians to be brought in handcuffs on flights. Marco, if officials from the Foreign Ministry allowed that, it would never have been under my direction.

I am a man of freedom, not of chains

The agreement that was reached was to bring the immigrants under fair conditions and with dignity, which was Petro's demand.

The official statement by the chancellery was:

The Government of Colombia reports that we have overcome the impasse with the Government of the United States.

In this context, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and Ambassador Daniel García-Peña will travel to Washington, D.C., in the next few hours to hold high-level meetings to follow up on the agreements, the result of the joint work and exchange of diplomatic notes that took place today between the two governments.

We will continue to welcome Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions as citizens with rights.

The Colombian government, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has the presidential plane ready to facilitate the return of the compatriots who were to arrive in the country today in the morning on deportation flights.

Colombia confirms that diplomatic channels of dialogue will be maintained to guarantee the rights, national interest and dignity of our citizens.

That was the agreement that was reached. The sanctions imposed by both countries would be discarded, Colombia would receive the repatriated, but ONLY if they were guaranteed decent treatment upon their return to the country.

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LATAM countries be like

I’m sorry but it’s so funny how they all made sure Milei was not part of it

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And the trade wars have begun (source: Reuters)

Is everyone around the world ready for even higher prices after the inflationary post-COVID period?

The Colombian president is not afraid to bite back

Meanwhile, other Latin American countries are also protesting the treatment of their citizens

As a side note, given the price hikes in our near future, I can’t help but wonder if businesses encouraged Trump to start a trade war so they could raise their prices under the guise of tariffs, only to line their pockets and report new record profits again

I admit this idea is unlikely, but I can see US businesses taking advantage of this, considering how prices went up during COVID

Ugh

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Alex Samuels at Daily Kos:

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will, at least for now, hold off on his egregious threat to impose tariffs on Colombia after the nation agreed to accept deported migrants, who were being returned to the country by U.S. military planes. Notably, this move represented a turn from Trump’s plan just hours prior. Earlier on Sunday, he vowed to impose steep tariffs and visa restrictions on Colombia after it turned away two deportation flights.  At one point, it looked like we were headed toward a trade war. That was narrowly averted, though, after Colombian President Gustavo Petro agreed to accept the deportees. Trump, of course, claimed victory and said that the South American nation had caved to his authoritarian demands.  The clash reflects how the Trump administration is ready to make examples of foreign countries that attempt to impede on his plans, specifically those that will likely target immigrants seeking asylum or shelter in the United States.  So how did we get here—and is a trade war looming? Trump hasn’t been shy about his intent to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, announcing a flurry of executive actions targeting immigrants on Day One of his second term. But foreign nations aren’t necessarily on board with Trump’s hardline plans. On Sunday, Petro refused to let two U.S. military aircrafts, which were carrying deported Colombian immigrants, land on Colombian soil, as he demanded the deportees to be treated humanely instead of as political props.

“A migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with the dignity a human being deserves,” Petro posted on social media. “We will receive our nationals in civilian airplanes, without treating them as criminals. Colombia must be respected.” In a separate post, Petro shared a video of immigrants, who were reportedly sent back to Brazil, walking on an airplane tarmac with restraints around their hands and feet. It’s important to note that Petro didn’t refuse to take back the Colombian immigrants. According to data from Witness at the Border, an advocacy group that tracks flight data, Colombia accepted 475 deportation flights between 2020 and 2024, making it the fifth country to accept the most deportation flights behind Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and El Salvador.  Petro’s issue with accepting deportation flights this go-around was how these immigrants were brought back. Petro wanted them to be returned via presidential plane or nonmilitary flight, arguing that it would be more dignified than how Trump and his cronies preferred to operate.

[...] Trump also said that he would impose “visa sanctions” and a “travel ban and immediate visa revocations” on Colombian government officials and their allies while enforcing even stricter border inspections of all Colombian nationals and cargo. In response, Petro posted a series of defiant messages, in which he promised a retaliatory 25% tariff on all U.S. goods.  “Your blockade does not scare me, because Colombia, besides being the country of beauty, is the heart of the world,” he wrote. The two sides have reached—at least for now—what reads like a shaky agreement. 

Late Sunday, Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said the two nations have “overcome the impasse.” As a result, Colombia would accept its citizens who are deported from the United States via military planes. But in the future, Murillo noted that Colombia’s presidential aircraft would be available to facilitate the return of immigrants. Of course, the Trump administration put its own spin on the news. In a statement on Sunday, the White House said that, since Petro had agreed to all of Trump’s terms, the tariffs and sanctions Trump once threatened would be “held in reserve.” The visa sanctions, however, would remain in effect until the first planeload of deportees arrive in Colombia.

Trump bullied Colombia into accepting immigrant deportation flights after initially refusing them.

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Colombia, Bolivia back Brazil’s Lula in Israel row over Gaza war comments

South American allies voice ‘solidarity’ with Brazil after Israel lambasts Lula for comparing war on Gaza with Holocaust.

Colombia and Bolivia are backing Brazil as its diplomatic row with Israel escalated after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, comparing its actions with the Holocaust.

Gustavo Petro and Luis Arce, the presidents of Colombia and Bolivia respectively, both expressed “solidarity” with Lula on Tuesday, after he was slammed by Israel for calling its war on Gaza a “genocide” against Palestinians and compared it with Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate the Jewish people during the Holocaust.

“In Gaza there is a genocide and thousands of children, women and elderly civilians are cowardly murdered,” Petro said on X. “Lula has only spoken the truth and the truth is defended or barbarism will annihilate us. The entire region must unite to immediately end the violence in Palestine.”

Arce also took to social media to link arms with Lula. “History will not forgive those who are indifferent to this barbarity,” he wrote. The Brazilian president, he said, had told the truth about the genocide being committed against the “brave Palestinian people”.

Continue reading.

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Colombia's Petro says Netanyahu will go down in history as 'genocide perpetrator'

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