Colombia’s Petro to Visit US-Blockaded Cuba
- Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro will visit Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to discuss the economic and social impacts of the US blockade on Cuba, according to Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio.
- Petro's visit to Cuba from July 31 to August 1 is his last official trip as president before Abelardo de la Espriella assumes office on August 7, signaling a shift in Colombia's foreign policy.
- President-Elect Abelardo de la Espriella plans to sever diplomatic ties with Cuba and Nicaragua and restore ties with Israel upon taking office.
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President Gustavo Petro is in Cuba, on his last trip to office. There he met with President Miguel Díaz Canel and asked the United States to cease the blockade against the island: “The U.S. government can find the pact necessary to solve the common problems of the Americas without the need for threats, blockades and missiles,” he said from his X account. There are 15,000 children who need operations and medicines and cannot be done for the block…
A few days after leaving the House of Nariño and handing over the presidency on August 7, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has decided to close his term with yet another sign of his ideological inclination. His last state trip has been made to Havana to meet with the dictatorial leadership, in what constitutes a clear support for the Cuban regime in the midst of its worst internal economic crisis, a majority popular rejection of the system, of …
The outgoing president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, visiting Havana, asked to prevent an American invasion of Cuba and proposed a dialogue with President Donald Trump and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. (ANSA)
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With Colombia undergoing a transition of power, outgoing President Petro has declared a strengthening of cooperation with Cuba, while incoming President-elect Esprieza has declared a severance of diplomatic ties with Cuba and Nicaragua and a strengthening of a pro-American stance, signaling a 180-degree shift in foreign policy.
Havana. The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, received his counterpart Gustavo Petro at the Palace of the Revolution, on the last international trip of the Colombian president before handing over the post, and who showed his opposition to “a war in the Caribbean”, amid the threats of the United States to launch a military attack against that territory.
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