The White home rejected this accusation as ‘unfound’, reports Reuters.The United States is carrying out raids on ships suspected of smuggling drugs close Venezuela, which, as they say, aims to reduce drug trafficking in the Caribbean.
Washington has long accused Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro of ties to drug cartels.
Maduro denied these accusations and claims the attacks were part of an effort to overthrow it.In fresh weeks, the United States has sunk at least 4 boats, which, as they claimed, carried drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing more than 20 people.‘The evidence indicates that the last bombed ship belonged to Colombia and was housed by Colombian citizens’ – Petro wrote.The president of Colombia claimed that the U.S. run was not about drugs, but about control of natural resources.
“There is no war on smuggling; there is simply a war on oil” – wrote, calling attacks "aggression on all Latin America and the Caribbean".For years Colombia has been considered the closest partner of Washington, South America.
As part of the Colombia Plan, a multi-billion-dollar US relief initiative launched in 2000, successive Colombian governments provided US armed forces with access to local bases and supported US-led activities to isolate Venezuela.
This policy changed after Petro was elected in 2022.
He took action to reconstruct diplomatic relations with Caracas and called for a more independent abroad policy and regional cooperation.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626152-us-war-drugs-colombia/
