Colombia: President Petro warns of attempts to sabotage Venezuela relations

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has raised alarms about what he describes as deliberate efforts to undermine the normalization of relations with Venezuela. In a public statement, Petro emphasized that such attempts could jeopardize recent progress in bilateral economic cooperation, trade agreements, and joint security initiatives.

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00:00And Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned of attempts to undermine relations with Venezuela

00:05which would hinder the process and the progress achieved in the economic, commercial and even

00:10security spheres. More information with our colleague Hernán Tobar in Bogotá.

00:17The Colombian government rejected the announcement by United States President Donald Trump

00:26that the United States Army would combat drug cartels beyond the territory of the United States.

00:31President Petro was categorical in pointing out that such a strategy affects the sovereignty of

00:35the countries in the region and condemned the United States government's threats against

00:38President Maduro, asserting that any military operation that is not approved by the countries

00:43of the region is an aggression against Latin America and the Caribbean.

00:51The United States has to learn to respect us.

00:56They believe that by delivering clandestine dollars as in Pegasus and other operations

01:04they have bought Colombians and if they have done so the Colombian army belongs to Colombia

01:08not to the United States.

01:14In this context, Venezuelan President Maduro highlighted the achievements made through

01:20coordinated efforts with Colombian authorities.

01:22These achievements have not only had an impact on the economy, but also on trade.

01:27The fight against drug trafficking, collaboration on border security, among others.

01:32The Colombian legislature welcomes and reaffirms the importance of mutual protection for both

01:36peoples.

01:36What we have here is friend countries agreeing to move forward with this agreement.

01:53For example, when it came to economic cooperation, the first to jump in were those in the opposition

01:57saying that there was a military agreement when it is a public agreement that deals with transportation,

02:01trade and energy transition, but they are going to do everything possible to validate the

02:06intervention.

02:07But they are going to do everything possible to validate the intervention, and what is

02:10even more shameless for Colombians is that today we have an opposition defending foreign

02:14countries that are interventionist.

02:15For some analysts, Trump's strategy is to keep the region under constant tension through

02:27threats against Latin American countries that do not submit to his policy of interference

02:31in order to maintain control of the region's strategic resources using the war on drug trafficking

02:36as an excuse.

02:37The United States does not want to end drug trafficking, in other words, its anti-drug

02:45policy is a policy of control, not a policy to end drug trafficking.

02:48In fact, it is very useful to it because of the resources of the banks, which are more

02:52than welcome in these times of such competition.

03:01Popular organizations have also spoken out against this new attack by Washington on the region.

03:05Today, the peoples of Latin America are no longer the backyard of the US.

03:12The concept of sovereignty, independence, and autonomy of peoples is advancing today,

03:16and from that perspective, we believe it is important to strengthen Bolivarian integration.

03:26Against this backdrop, the visit of the US Undersecretary of State to Colombia, accompanied

03:30by a number of legislators from that country, has been announced.

03:33First, they have met with congressmen from the right-wing sectors.

03:36The president has called them traitors, given their intentions to overthrow him.

03:44Now we have a short break coming up.

Colombia: President Petro warns of attempts to sabotage Venezuela relations

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