PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO SAYS TRUMP PLANNED MILITARY OPERATION IN COLOMBIA

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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro believes that there is a “real threat” of U.S. military action against Colombia, after the attack and kidnapping of his counterpart Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, he told the British public network BBC. In statements released from Bogotá on the station’s website, Gustavo Petro spoke of the U.S. and said he treats other countries as part of an “empire” and pointed out that the first global power runs the risk of g…

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“Trump told me he was thinking of doing bad things in Colombia, a military operation,” said the Colombian head of state in dialogue with the newspaper El País America, and this provoked reaction by the ex-mandatario and his Democratic Center party

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Gustavo Petro thought this week that at any time an assault force could land on the roof of the Casa de Nariño, the Colombian presidential residence, and get to his office. At the Palace he has no bunker to run to hide, as Nicolás Maduro tried a week ago before he was captured and uploaded to a helicopter that crossed the night of Caracas, heading to the United States. Colombia’s 65-year-old president felt in danger by Donald Trump’s insinuation…

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After the intervention in Venezuela, Trump said that a military operation against Colombia 'seems a good idea' and warned his counterpart to 'look at himself'.

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According to Gustavo Petro, a phone call between the two would have temporarily stopped that threat, in a context of diplomatic tensions. The post Gustavo Petro states that Donald Trump told him about a possible military operation in Colombia appeared first on El Diario.