US EditionColombian president ready to 'take up arms' in face of Trump threats
President Petro vows to defend Colombia amid US accusations of drug trafficking and military threats, highlighting risks of escalating conflict after US seizure of Venezuelan leader Maduro.
- On Saturday, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro vowed `I swore not to touch a weapon again... but for the homeland I will take up arms again.` after Donald Trump threatened a military operation and insulted him.
- Against that backdrop, Washington imposed financial sanctions on Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, and removed Colombia from its drug-war allies list, while Petro criticised a Caribbean military deployment culminating in Saturday's raid on Caracas, Venezuela.
- In a lengthy message on X, Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, warned that bombing without sufficient intelligence risks killing children and creating new guerrillas, criticizing the US military deployment in the Caribbean.
- Politically, the dispute matters because the Trump administration maintains close ties with Colombia's right-wing opposition, which hopes to win elections this year, heightening stakes after exchanges since January.
- Historically, Colombia once disarmed an urban guerrilla group under a 1989 peace agreement, but Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, warned military action risks turning thousands into guerrillas.
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REPORTING - A former member of a Marxist guerrilla, Gustavo Petro said he was ready to take up arms in the event of American aggression.
Colombia Vows To Fight Back If The U.S. Attacks
If the United States follows through on its threats to attack Colombia over “narco terrorism” allegations, it will “take up arms” and fight back. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has vowed that the U.S. won’t have an easy time in a takeover of Colombia. Petro’s comments appear to be in response to U.S. ruler Donald Trump’s threats. While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump accused Petro of orchestrating the cocaine trade…
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Colombian President Says He Will ‘Take Up Arms’ If US Military Attacks
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday he will “take up arms again” if attacked, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that drug traffickers in Colombia could be the next target for the U.S. military. After hours of silence, Petro accused U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio in an early morning post on X of believing “false information against the state” from several intelligence colonels in the Colombian police, whom he said he has …
Bogotá. Improper and insults, with expulsion of Colombians living in the north, as well as explicit threats of invasion have characterized Colombia-United States relations in the first year of Donald Trump's second term.
Colombian President Petro threatens military response after Trump warns Colombia may be next target
Colombian President Gustavo Petro threatened to "take up arms" against the U.S. following what he described as military action in Venezuela and Trump's warnings about targeting Colombia.
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