00:00A stark warning is coming from Bogota as tensions ripple across the Americas.
00:26Colombia's president says Latin America faces a stark choice, unite or risk being treated as servants and slaves.
00:35The remarks come after blunt threats from U.S. President Donald Trump following a U.S. military operation in Venezuela.
00:44Colombian President Gustavo Petro issued the warning after Trump publicly threatened him aboard Air Force One.
00:51Trump accused Petro of presiding over cocaine production and trafficking to the United States.
00:58He went further, saying Petro won't be doing it very long, raising fears of direct U.S. action.
01:05Where the oil is allowed to freely come out, because that's good. It gets the prices down.
01:10That's good for our country.
01:12We have a very sick neighbor. It's not a neighbor, but it's close to a neighbor.
01:16And that's Venezuela. It's very sick.
01:19Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States.
01:25And he's not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you.
01:28What does that mean? He's not going to be doing it very long.
01:30He's not doing it very long. He has cocaine mills and cocaine factories. He's not going to be doing it very long.
01:37So there will be an operation by the U.S. and...
01:39It sounds good to me.
01:41The comment followed the U.S. raid on Caracas that abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
01:49For many in the region, it confirmed Washington's readiness to use force.
01:54In response, Petro issued a lengthy message on X, urging regional unity.
02:00He said the United States had carried out the first bombing of a South American capital in history.
02:06Petro argued Latin America must engage the world on its own terms, not look only to the North.
02:13Donald Trump doubled down on Venezuela, claiming the U.S. was now in charge of the country.
02:20This came despite Venezuela's Supreme Court appointing Delcy Rodriguez as interim leader.
02:27Rodriguez condemned the abduction of Maduro as a violation of sovereignty and vowed resistance.
02:34The U.S. president also widened his rhetoric across the region.
02:38Trump claimed Cubans were killed during the Venezuela raid and suggested Cuba was ready to fall.
02:45He warned Mexico to get their act together, accusing cartels of running the country.
02:51Petro says these threats reflect a revival of U.S. dominance under a modern Monroe Doctrine.
02:57His message to Latin America is urgent — unity or submission.
03:02As Washington asserts power, the region now faces a defining test of sovereignty and solidarity.
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