President of Colombia Gustavo Petro © Omar Havana / Getty Images
Colombia's president Gustavo Petro warned the U.S. administration against attempts to build an "imperium" in Latin America, calling on Washington to dialog alternatively than military intervention.
Petro's statements came after U.S. intervention in Venezuela in January, erstwhile US forces captured president Nicolas Maduro during the raid on Caracas, and faced multiple Washington warnings of a possible ‘change of regime’ Cuba.
Latin America is not “a land to conquer”, said the president of Colombia in an interview with Politico published on Thursday.
"I think that there are people in the U.S. government who think the same way: alternatively of imposing an empire from which Cubans are always liberating, it is yet essential to establish dialog between Americas and incorporate Cuba into the planet of fibre optics and pure energy" said Petro.
The head of state besides criticized US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and erstwhile Trump advisor and billionaire Elon Musk.
He accused both of promoting vision “White, Christian, Western Civilization” and warned against resurrection attempts ‘equipment of the crusade’, claiming that specified rhetoric can lead to "a immense level of force in all society".
Outside Venezuela, Washington expanded military operations in the region under the slogan of fighting drug cartels.
The U.S. Armed Forces conducted operations in Ecuador and threatened akin operations in Mexico, as well as carried out many attacks on ships suspected of drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea and the east Pacific Ocean.
Despite tensions, Bogota continues to coordinate with Washington in the fight against drugs. At the beginning of this year, the Colombian Ministry of the Interior reported that both countries agreed to take "Joint actions" against guerrilla cocaine smuggling groups operating along the Venezuelan border.
The Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs stated that reports of increased US force on Cuba are ‘deeply alarming’Especially after Maduro's arrest.
The Ministry stated that specified actions constitute an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of the State.
Deputy Minister for abroad Affairs of Russia Sergei Riabkov stated that Maduro's arrest was "an imminent violation of global law" And reopened Moscow's appeal for his release.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/634852-colombia-us-empire-latin-america/
