{"id":257,"date":"2026-01-06T00:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=257"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:46:52","slug":"colombias-petro-promises-to-defend-homeland-amid-trump-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"Colombia\u2019s Petro promises to defend homeland amid Trump threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Colombia\u2019s Petro promises to defend homeland amid Trump threats<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>President criticizes Trump, calling US threats an undue interference in Colombian internal matters under international law.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-258\" src=\"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611387488_1329270975913920_6986699635424649073_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611387488_1329270975913920_6986699635424649073_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsliked.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611387488_1329270975913920_6986699635424649073_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsliked.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611387488_1329270975913920_6986699635424649073_n.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI swore not to touch a weapon again,\u201d Petro said. \u201cBut for the homeland I will take up arms again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petro has emerged as an outspoken critic of US President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/trump-calls-colombias-petro-a-drug-leader-says-us-to-cut-aid-to-country\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who has threatened Colombia with possible military strikes in the name of combating drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders have frequently traded insults, but Trump\u2019s threats have become increasingly hostile in recent days.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"video-player-facade-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"aj-video-player in-article-bc-video-player aj-parsed-component\">\n<div class=\"vjs-poster\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><picture class=\"vjs-poster\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/1d0c10fc-a87c-4a97-876c-97fa453bfb2d\/e1917c75-dd21-40ec-9592-01e957937884\/1920x1080\/match\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"vjs-big-play-button\" title=\"Play Video\" type=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The US president said over the weekend that Petro should \u201cwatch his a**\u201d after the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/abduction\">abduction<\/a>\u00a0of Venezuelan leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/1\/5\/what-the-us-did-in-venezuela-normalises-power-grabs-expert\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a>, an act widely considered illegal by scholars of international law. Speaking with reporters on Sunday, Trump said a similar operation against Petro\u2019s government \u201csounds good to me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he\u2019s not going to be doing it very long,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced Trump\u2019s comments as \u201can undue interference in the internal affairs of the country, against the norms of international law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"video-player-facade-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"aj-video-player in-article-bc-video-player aj-parsed-component\">\n<div class=\"vjs-poster\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><picture class=\"vjs-poster\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/665003303001\/7add49be-eb4d-4c00-b1b2-9f18228e66a5\/0c0e66fe-8d6a-415c-ac38-1ba21117d648\/1920x1080\/match\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump has accused Petro of facilitating the trafficking of drugs to the US, a claim for which there is no evidence and is firmly denied by Petro, who says his government has worked to combat drug production while taking steps away from the militarised approach of the war on drugs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have enormous trust in my people,\u201d Petro said. \u201cAnd that is why I have asked the people to defend the president from any illegitimate violent act against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-476947568812\" class=\"freestar-ads\" data-google-query-id=\"COj6iPzX9ZEDFRWB6QUdmFc0mQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombia\u2019s Petro promises to defend homeland amid Trump threats President criticizes Trump, calling US threats an undue interference in Colombian internal matters under international law. \u201cI swore not to touch a weapon again,\u201d Petro said. \u201cBut for the homeland I will take up arms again.\u201d Petro has emerged as an outspoken critic of US President\u00a0Donald [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}