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The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, declared that his country's military forces will no longer depend on U.S. weapons, consolidating the national sovereignty of the Colombian army. During a Council of Ministers meeting in the city of Bogotá, Petro questioned the U.S. government's announcement that Colombia had been certified as a key ally in the fight against drug trafficking, highlighting his administration's work against drug cultivation. He cited the high drug consumption rate in the U.S. and authorities' inability to resolve the problem. The Colombian president denounced the United States' attacks on Venezuelan fishing boats, calling them disproportionate killings that undermined the region's integrity and sovereignty.

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00:00Colombian President Gustavo Pedro declared that his country's military forces will no
00:04longer depend on U.S. weapons, consolidating the sovereignty of the country's army.
00:09During a Council of Ministers' meeting in the Syria of Bogotá, Pedro questioned the
00:13U.S. government's announcement that Colombia had been certified as a key ally in the fight
00:18against drug trafficking, highlighting his administration's work against drug cultivation.
00:23He cited the high drug consumption rate in the U.S. and uttered his inability to resolve
00:28the problem.
00:29The Colombian President denounced the United States' attacks on Venezuelan fishing boats,
00:33calling them disproportionate killings that undermine the region's integrity and sovereignty.
00:46The Colombian Army and its military forces are no longer dependent on U.S. weapons, no
00:53more handouts or gifts.
00:54They have been decertified, that is the decision.
00:58The Colombian Army is better off buying its own weapons or making them with its own resources,
01:06because otherwise it will not be an army of national sovereignty.
01:10That is a consequence.
01:11The police stopped buying clogged guns, which were used to kill the senator.
01:17They were sold in a state in the United States, transferred to Florida, and from there they
01:25arrived in Colombia.
01:26They arrived in Colombia, who knows how and were used to kill.
01:29They arrived in Colombia, who knows how and were used to kill.
01:31They arrived in Colombia, who knows how and were used to kill.
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