The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, again attacked his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, this Saturday over recent attacks by that country on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific that were allegedly transporting drugs, and warned him that, «as the legend says, the jaguar will wake up if the golden eagle dares to attack the condor».Speaking at the III People's Social Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santa Marta in parallel to the IV Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU), which begins tomorrow, Petro stated that «it is still possible to talk» with the United States, but emphasized that it must be a dialogue «on equal terms, between equals, and without kneeling».«Don't wake the jaguar,» the head of state insisted, and added: «I would tell (U.S. Secretary of State Marco) Rubio and Trump, 'be careful, you are crossing the Caribbean of the liberators, you are messing with the homeland of Bolívar.'»The president also stated that among the more than 70 deaths recorded in these recent U.S. attacks, «there is not a single drug trafficker,» but «poor people, workers in an illicit trade determined by the world,» and called to revive Gran Colombia to «unite the Bolivarian dream again and be powerful».«Why don't we organize, through the bases of society, without asking for permission, constituent committees among the three or four countries that make up Gran Colombia?» Petro proposed, assuring that this union «could also be the solution to the current internal problems.»Likewise, the head of state again accused the U.S. government of having asked European and Latin American leaders «not to come» to the IV CELAC-EU Summit, which will bring together representatives of 60 States—27 European and 33 Latin American—from tomorrow to Monday in Santa Marta.The Palestinian causeDuring his speech at the III People's Social Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean, Petro also celebrated that at the last United Nations General Assembly in New York last September, «two people felt completely alone: Mr. Trump and (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu».One of the world's most critical political leaders of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, the head of state insisted that the support shown by several countries for Palestine «left Trump and Netanyahu isolated» and stated that in the world, «democracy has died» because what reigns is «the crisis of a productive system called capitalism.»«What we are experiencing in Gaza is going to happen in the south,» he warned, «they are showing us their barbarism, their way of acting from now on.»
