Trump attacks Colombia, and it pushes back: 'We are not a colony'! from Geopolitical Economy Report

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Trump attacks Colombia, and it pushes back: 'We are not a colony'!

34 minutes Posted Jan 27, 2025 at 12:00 am.

Trump admin's hawkish foreign policy

Neocon Marco Rubio

Colombia: from US puppet to target

Marco Rubio's attacks on Gustavo Petro

Israel-Palestine

US attacks on Latin America

Trump sanctions & tariffs Colombia

Humiliation of immigrants

Colombia responds with tariffs on US

US meddling fuels immigration

(CLIP) Trump on 'taking over' Venezuela

Latin America fights back

Honduras threatens to close US military base

Illegal US immigration in Colombia

China's relations with Latin America

Latin American right bows down to USA

Ecuador's US puppet president

Petro's open letter to Trump

Global South stands up

(CLIP) Trump wants to 'expand' US empire

US imperialism

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Donald Trump threatened Colombia with sanctions and tariffs after it rejected his abuse of immigrants. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hit back against the US attacks, declaring, "We are not a colony!" Ben Norton analyzes Latin America's resistance to meddling by Trump and his neoconservative Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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