Colombia must distance itself from NATO, as well as from European countries that participate in military aggression, President Gustavo Petro said.

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In 2017, Colombia became one of NATO’s global partners and the first Latin American partner of the bloc. The agreement on NATO’s global partnership with Colombia was signed in Brussels in May 2018.

Colombia must distance itself from NATO, as well as from European countries that participate in military aggression, President Gustavo Petro said.

“We must leave NATO, there is no other way. And relations with Europe can no longer be built with those European governments that betray their own people and participate in bombings,” Petro said on Wednesday, speaking at the closing of the Hague Group summit in Bogota.

He added that Colombia, which is considered one of NATO’s key global partners, should not participate in alliances where armies “drop bombs on children.”

  • P1d40n3 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    15 days ago

    How the fuck does the Columbian defense ministry get to send supplies to ‘Israel’ if the pres has said no more? Legit question, it baffles my burger brain.

    • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      15 days ago

      How the fuck does the Columbian defense ministry get to send supplies to ‘Israel’ if the pres has said no more? Legit question, it baffles my burger brain.

      I don’t think he’s sending stuff to Israel besides normal trade stuff, but Colombia like many countries in Latin America buy guns from Israel, and the IDF trains/used to train soldiers and the police force. Due to lack of seats and support in congress and the supreme court (who are both hostile towards the goverment), Petro is forced to compromise with Libs and Anti-Uribe Conservatives by giving ministries to certain parties/people, which is how we ended up with center-right, right-wingers in control of certain ministries.

      Colombia was the second ally of Israel in South America, with Paraguay to this day being the most zionist nation in South America and possible all of Latin America, but Petro broke relations and cancelled or let expire many defense contracts they had with Israel, the same thing was done by Brazil and Chile.

      Israel also funds far-right movements in Latin America:

      Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 4 July 1952) is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. Following his 2002 election, Uribe led an all-out military offensive against leftist guerrilla groups such as the FARC and the ELN with funding and backing from the Clinton and Bush administrations in the form of a US$2.8 billion direct foreign aid package called “Plan Colombia”.

      In 2007, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) gave Uribe its “Light unto the nations” award. AJC President E. Robert Goodkind, who presented the award at AJC’s Annual Dinner held at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., stated: “President Uribe is a staunch ally of the United States, a good friend of Israel and the Jewish people, and is a firm believer in human dignity and human development in Colombia and the Americas”. In August 2010, Uribe was appointed vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid. In 2012 Uribe and a group of political allies founded the right-wing Democratic Center movement to contest the 2014 national elections.

      In August 2020, the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia ordered his arrest as part of an investigation into bribery and witness tampering. A number of his political opponents have claimed for years that Uribe should be prosecuted, alleging he has ties with paramilitarism.