00:00Colombia has suspended weapons purchases from the United States, its largest military partner.
00:06The move comes after Washington revoked Colombia's certification as a reliable ally in the fight against drugs.
00:16On Monday, President Donald Trump accused Colombian leader Gustavo Petro of failing to curb cocaine production,
00:22saying output had reached record levels under his watch.
00:25He declared that Colombia had demonstrably failed to meet its international drug control's obligations.
00:31The move marks the first time in three decades that Washington has decertified Colombia.
00:36While the step is largely symbolic and will not affect the roughly US$380 million in annual US security aid,
00:43it is seen as a sharp rebuke of Petro's policy.
00:47Petro said Colombia must break its dependence on American handouts.
00:50U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Colombia had long been a trusted partner
00:56but described Petro as erratic and unreliable in confronting the cartels.
01:01The decertification comes as Trump intensifies his broader campaign against Latin American drug networks.
01:07It's going to make it harder to get a ceasefire.
01:08It's going to make it harder to get a ceasefire.
01:08It's going to make it harder to get a ceasefire.
01:08It's going to make it harder to get a ceasefire.
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