Archiv: Gustavo Petro


07.12.2025 - 22:57 [ Electronic Intifada ]

The US bulldozed the prospect of Uniting for Peace in Palestine

(December 2, 2025)

Calls for international protection are not new, Aboudi told The Electronic Intifada.

In April 2025, “we called for international protection and we called for international forces to come, forcefully impose a ceasefire and guarantee the opening of all crossings to Gaza for the flow of humanitarian aid and personnel to save the population of Gaza,” Aboudi said.

Following a PNGO statement in August, specifically calling on the UNGA to adopt the Uniting for Peace resolution, Colombia wanted to push the idea forward.

“We already had a draft proposal by the Colombian government,” Víctor de Currea-Lugo, Middle East advisor to Colombia’s President Petro, told The Electronic Intifada. That proposal was “ready to be presented” in the General Assembly.

“We organized a strategy to visit different countries and to mobilize our embassies, our consulates and our mission before the United Nations [meet] in New York. The problem was, at that moment, Trump presented his plan for the pacification of Gaza,” de Currea-Lugo said.

Adding to the obstacles, according to Aboudi, “the Palestinian Authority weren’t really pushing for it.”

“They still were betting on US intervention and involvement: that it would end the genocide, that it would give them the path for a Palestinian state and for the recognition of Palestinian rights. This gamble did not pay off,” he said.

07.12.2025 - 22:39 [ theCradle.co ]

US pressure derailed Colombia’s ‚Uniting for Peace‘ push for Gaza at UN: Report

(December 2, 2025)

According to Richard Falk, former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Washington acted out of “unhappiness” over the possibility of Uniting for Peace, adding that heavy pressure was exerted on member states.

He described the arrangement as “perverse,” noting that “the perpetrator of genocide and its principal supporter are rewarded by presiding over a supposed peace process.”

12.11.2025 - 19:54 [ Colombia News ]

Colombia suspends intelligence sharing with US over strikes on Caribbean boats

President Gustavo Petro ordered Colombia’s intelligence agencies to stop sharing information on drug trafficking with their United States counterparts until US President Donald Trump stops ordering strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

Petro announced the order on Twitter after US television network CNN reported that the United Kingdom suspended intelligence sharing over the strikes that have killed at least 67 people since early September.

28.10.2025 - 20:23 [ LatinAmericaReports.com ]

Tensions build in the Caribbean amid Trump’s mounting military threat

A strike on Colombia would mark a serious shift in Washington’s historic alliance with the country but Trump has not ruled it out as his spat with Colombian President Gustavo Petro escalates. On Friday, the White House added Petro and members of his inner circle to the so-called Clinton List, imposing harsh financial sanctions for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

Trump has offered no evidence for his claims that Petro is “an illegal drug dealer”, but takes issue with the proliferation of coca cultivation and cocaine production under the current administration. The Colombian president has also been a vocal critic of Trump, accusing him of “murder” in his campaign against boats in the Caribbean.

28.10.2025 - 19:43 [ Colombia Reports ]

“Don’t try” attacking Colombia, Petro warns US

(October 27, 2025)

President Gustavo Petro warned the United States not to attack Colombia in response to a threat by the conservative US Senator Lindsay Graham.

In a post on social media platform X, Petro said that “the Colombian people, every time they are attacked anywhere, en masse head to the mountains and arm themselves” to become “invisible like the jaguar with passionate stealth.”

“Don’t try it, that’s the only advise I give,” said the president, “because I know the history of my people and I am… the legitimate son of my people.”

21.10.2025 - 13:11 [ New York Times ]

Colombia’s Leader Accuses U.S. of Murder, Prompting Trump to Halt Aid

(October 19, 2025)

President Gustavo Petro said a U.S. strike in the Caribbean had killed a fisherman. President Trump said he would cut aid and impose new tariffs on Colombian imports.

21.10.2025 - 12:45 [ Newsweek ]

Colombian President Accuses US of ‘Murdering’ Fisherman In Boat Strike

(October 19, 2025)

Colombia‘s president, Gustavo Petro, has accused Washington of „murder“ after the U.S. military struck an alleged drug-trafficking vessel last month.

Petro said the White House had violated the South American country‘s sovereignty and killed a Colombian fisherman, named by the president as Alejandro Carranza. Colombian media reported Carranza was onboard a boat targeted by U.S. forces on September 15.

17.10.2025 - 17:04 [ ColombiaOne.com ]

Colombia’s Petro Warns Potential US Invasion of Venezuela Could Trigger Regional Fallout

(October 16, 2025)

Petro also reiterated his demand that the United States reveal the identities of the 27 people killed so far in missile strikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean, amid concerns that Colombian nationals may be among the victims.

Although Washington urged Petro to retract his statements, CNN reported — citing Pentagon sources — that at least one of the attacks had targeted Colombian citizens.

Earlier, Petro had said his government believed Colombians were among those killed in the bombings.

02.10.2025 - 23:13 [ Colombia Reports ]

Global Sumud Flotilla: Colombia expels Israel’s trade delegates after kidnapping of activists

In a post on social media platform X, Petro said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was already wanted by the International Criminal Court, committed “another international crime” by ordering the kidnapping of Colombian citizens in international waters.

The Colombian activists, Luna Barreto and Manuela Bedoya, were among a group of 497 anti-genocide activists that tried to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza via the Mediterranean Sea.

02.10.2025 - 23:08 [ Colombia Reports ]

Colombia to cancel free trade deal with Israel, “reform” treaty with US

(September 30, 2025)

„We had the most powerful international trade agreement with the Andean Pact. And now the political satraps come out and say that it is with the United States. When was that the case? Our industrial goods were sold to Venezuela and Ecuador. There was always food trade in the Andean Pact. Why did we abandon the Andean Pact? To prioritize a free trade agreement with the United States that hurts us.“

President Gustavo Petro

11.01.2024 - 16:04 [ Palestinian Information Center ]

Bolivia to join South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel

(08.01.2024)

Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday that it is joining the case filed by South Africa before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for committing genocide crimes in the Gaza Strip.

22.11.2023 - 09:11 [ Luigino Bracci Roa / Twitter ]

(VIDEO) Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo en la #Filven2023: „Un señor loco llamado Netanyahu (…) hace un genocidio avalado por quienes hablan de democracia. No se dan cuenta de que él hace una masacre de bebes. Estamos viendo un Herodes poderosísimo matando niños en la Tierra“

02.11.2023 - 14:42 [ Al Jazeera ]

‘Genocide’, Colombia says as Latin American states condemn Israel over Gaza

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has condemned Israel’s bombardments of Gaza, calling its war in the besieged Palestinian enclave that has so far killed more than 9,000 people “genocide”.

Petro’s remarks came in a post on X on Wednesday, accompanied by a picture of victims of the Israeli air attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza that killed at least 195 people. At least 120 people are also missing, according to Gaza’s officials.

26.09.2023 - 06:58 [ Amerika21.de ]

Linksregierungen in Lateinamerika fordern globalen Norden heraus

New York. Die links-gerichteten Präsident:innen aus Lateinamerika haben bei der 78. Vollversammlung der Vereinten Nationen grundlegende Veränderungen der globalen wirtschaftlichen und politischen Ordnung gefordert. Sie übten scharfe Kritik am internationalen Finanzsystem und am Krieg in der Ukraine, die in ihren Augen den Kampf gegen Armut, Ungleichheit und Klimawandel verhindern.

21.08.2023 - 07:35 [ Amerika21.de ]

Präsident von Kolumbien wird Freihandelsabkommen mit den USA neu verhandeln

Petro bedauerte, dass sich die Wirtschaft heute auf den Export von Erdöl, Kohle und Kokain stütze und nicht mehr wie früher auf Kaffee. Während der Kaffeeexport im letzten Jahrhundert rund eine Million Arbeitsplätze geschaffen habe, seien es heute in der Erdölproduktion nur 150.000.

Für mehr Wohlstand im Land sei es daher wichtig, die Landwirtschaft anzukurbeln, indem die Kleinbäuer:innen Lebensmittel produzieren, die das Land heute importiert. Als Beispiel nannte er Mais. Obwohl dieses Getreide ursprünglich aus Kolumbien stamme, werde es heute vor allem aus den USA und Kanada importiert.

27.11.2022 - 13:53 [ Gustavo Petro, Presidente de la República de Colombia / Nitter ]

Me reuní con los voceros de Wikikeaks, para apoyar la lucha mundial por la libertad del periodista Julian Assange. Le soliciaré al presidente Biden con otros presidentes latinoamericanos que no se pongan cargos a un periodista solo por decir la verdad

(22.11.2022)

27.11.2022 - 13:25 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Kolumbianischer Präsident Petro trifft sich mit WikiLeaks und will sich für Julian Assange einsetzen: „Er hat nur die Wahrheit gesagt“

Der linke kolumbianische Präsident Gustavo Petro hat sich mit Sprechern des Wikileaks-Projekts im Präsidentenpalast Casa de Nariño getroffen. Das Treffen mit dem Chefredakteur der Enthüllungsplattform, Kristinn Hrafnsson, und dem Wikileaks-Botschafter, Joseph Farrell, dauerte etwa eine Stunde. Laut Hrafnsson hat sich der Staatschef bereit erklärt, für den Gründer von Wikileaks, Julian Assange, bei der Regierung von Joe Biden einzutreten.

29.06.2022 - 02:32 [ Amerika21.de ]

Kolumbien: Erstes Telefonat zwischen designiertem Präsidenten Petro und US-Präsident Biden

Auch Blinken, mit dem Petro ein 20-minütiges Telefonat führte, äußerte sich via Twitter positiv zu den Gesprächen.

Unter kolumbianischen Politiker:innen und Expert:innen sorgte das schnell stattgefundene Gespräch zwischen Petro und Biden für Überraschung.

23.06.2022 - 18:59 [ Amerika21.de ]

Kolumbiens Linke feiert Wahlsieg

In Kolumbien haben im ganzen Land vom Nachmittag des Wahlsonntags bis Montagabend zahllose spontane Umzüge auf den Straßen stattgefunden, tausende Menschen jubelten stundenlang vor den Wahlkampfzentralen und tanzten die ganze Nacht hindurch. Menschen fielen sich in die Arme, gratulierten sich, ganze Familien feierten den Wahlsieg gemeinsam.

28.04.2019 - 11:48 [ Junge Welt ]

Generalstreik in Kolumbien: Gewerkschaften fordern Frieden und protestieren gegen Armut. Linke Abgeordnete aus Parlament ausgeschlossen

Hunderttausende Menschen haben sich am Donnerstag in Kolumbien an einem landesweiten Generalstreik beteiligt, zu dem die Gewerkschaftsverbände CUT, CGT und CTC aufgerufen hatte und dem sich eine Reihe politischer und sozialer Organisationen anschloss.

13.05.2018 - 17:43 [ Amerika21.de ]

Fake News gegen aussichtsreichen linken Präsidentschaftskandidaten in Kolumbien

Laut aktueller Prognosen wird Petro gegen Iván Duque, den Kandidaten der von Ex-Präsident Álvaro Uribe gegründeten ultrarechten Partei Centro Democrático (CD), in der Stichwahl antreten.

Die falschen Meldungen basieren auf angebliche Aussagen von Petro in Pressekonferenzen oder Interviews mit leitenden Medien. Doch diese haben tatsächlich nie stattgefunden. Gemeinsam ist den falschen Aussagen, die Petro in den Mund gelegt werden, die Ankündigung von Einschränkungen der Freiheit der Bürger.