US Edition'We Do Not Kneel': Colombian President Defiant In Response To US Sanctions
The US Treasury blacklisted Colombian President Gustavo Petro and key associates over alleged drug trafficking, freezing US assets and banning travel, citing counter-narcotics enforcement.
- On Sunday, the US Treasury blacklisted Colombian President Gustavo Petro, First Lady Veronica Alcocer, Nicolas Petro, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, freezing their US assets and banning travel.
- Months of growing friction between US President Donald Trump and Petro over deportations and strikes on suspected drug boats preceded the rupture, while US Treasury stuck to a counter-narcotics rationale outlining legal and financial consequences amid allegations tying Petro's circle to the drug trade.
- At a packed Bogotá rally, Petro greeted students, union members, and Indigenous delegations, displaying an M-19 flag and linking the sanctions to Sunday’s political efforts.
- The blacklist typically freezes assets under US reach and bars US persons from doing business with designees, while global banks often pause payments, procurement and insurance through compliance departments.
- Petro said the sanctions punish his foreign-policy stands, notably his U.N. criticism of Israel, and tied the episode to Sunday’s party consultations and his 2.5 million signatures bid.
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Bolivia Backs Colombian President Petro After Trump Sanctions - teleSUR English
President Arce condemns the U.S. decision to include Petro and his family on the ‘Clinton List.’ On Saturday, Bolivian President Luis Arce expressed solidarity with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who was sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump over alleged ties to drug trafficking. RELATED: Colombia towards the Constituent Assembly: Bogotá prepares for massive mobilization “We express our deep solidarity with the president of the Republic …
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Petro Transforms U.S. Blacklist Sanctions into a Public Challenge to Power in Colombia
At a packed Bogotá rally, Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, recast U.S. sanctions as a public test of strength. Hours after Washington put him on the “Clinton List”—a counternarcotics blacklist that freezes assets under U.S. reach and bars Americans from dealing with designees—he told thousands in Plaza de Bolívar that the United States had “chosen the […]
Colombia's President Responds to US Sanctions: We Will Never Kneel
Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the sanctions imposed by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on himself, his wife Verónica Alcocer, his son Nicolás Fernando Petro, and Minister of the Interior Armando Benedetti. In a social media post on Friday, October 24, Petro reported, “My children, my wife, and I have been added to the OFAC list. My lawyer for my defense will be Dany [Daniel] Kovalik from the US.” “Fighting drug traff…
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