U.S. president Donald Trump. © Getty Images / Roger Wimmer/ISI Photos
U.S. president Donald Trump threatened Colombia with military actions akin to last week's Venezuela raid.
In conversation with reporters aboard Air Force On Sunday Trump said Colombia “ruled by a sick man’, referring to president Gustavo Petro, whom he called ‘drug leader’.
The U.S. president suggested that Petro, on whom he imposed sanctions last year, may besides be removed from power.
“Colombia is very ill... governed by a sick man who likes to produce cocaine and sale it to the United States.
And I assure you that he will not do it for besides long.” said Trump.
When asked straight if the United States would launch a military operation against this country, he replied: "It sounds good."
Petro responded sharply in a series of posts on X, calling Trump to "Stop slandering’ and calling on Latin American nations to unite, otherwise threatens them "to treat like servants and slaves."
The exchange is simply a consequence of the increasing outrage over Washington's unprecedented military operation to capture Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, which, according to the Trump administration, was essential to appoint the president Venezuela is on trial for drug trafficking.
Caracas rejects this explanation as an excuse to change the regime.
Media reports say that at least 80 people, both military and civilian, were killed in the raid.
Maduro, who denies all charges, was kidnapped and forcibly transported to the United States with his wife.
The raid met with condemnation from the Global South, and China considered the kidnapping to be a violation of global law.
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Spain issued a joint message informing that America's actions constitute ‘exceptionally dangerous precedent’ for regional security.
Trump justified the raid, citing the 19th-century Monroe doctrine, which recognizes Latin America as a region of influence of Washington, while claiming that the United States ‘organise’ Now Venezuela.
He told reporters that Saturday's military intervention was not intended to change the government or resources, but to guarantee ‘Peace on Earth’, especially in the Western hemisphere.
He besides warned that the United States could attack again if Caracas "will not behave."
In addition to Colombia and Venezuela, Trump besides exacerbated rhetoric towards another countries of the region, claiming that Cuba "is ready to fall“because of the failure of Venezuelan oil gross and threatening Mexico's possible military intervention, saying that the country "must get over it due to the fact that [drugs] flow through Mexico and we will gotta do something".
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/630588-trump-colombia-venezuela-attack/
