On October 24 local time, the United States announced sanctions against Colombia President Petro and Venezuelan President Maduro, and both responded. Petro condemned the U.S. actions and said he would never kneel. The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Petro and others, and the Colombian Foreign Ministry condemned the sanctions as "groundless." Maduro said the United States was "making war" and the Commission would stop it. Brazilian President Lula said that a country cannot ignore the sovereignty of other countries and commit violations, otherwise the world will be unsustainable.
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According to Central Television News, on October 24, local time, the United States announced the attack on Colombia.The PresidentPetro, VenezuelaThe PresidentMaduro imposed sanctions and both responded.
The U.S. Department of Defense said on the 24th that the U.S. military sank another "drug trafficking ship" in the international waters of the Caribbean at night. Its spokesman Sean Parnell announced on the same day that the U.S. military was deploying the aircraft carrier strike group "Gerald R. Ford" to the area of responsibility of the U.S. Southern Command, that is, the waters surrounding Latin America. This deployment will "improve and strengthen the existing capabilities of the US military to combat drug trafficking and weaken and disintegrate transnational criminal organizations".
Colombia: Never bow down to the United States and not to its tyranny
ColombianThe PresidentOn the 24th, Petro condemned the US actions as a "complete paradox". Petro said that for decades, Colombia has been effectively combating drug trafficking and trying its best to help American society reduce cocaine consumption, but as a result, it was sanctioned by the US government. He said that he had hired an American lawyer to defend him and would never take a step back.
ColombianThe President Petro:Today they put me in the so-called United StatesMinistry of FinanceThe Office of Foreign Assets Control list because I exposed to the Colombian people a program supported by the CIA-bypassing the law and monitoring communications in Colombia. We must learn from this.To the current U.S. government, we must not respond by kneeling.We must respond with a firm stance, as others have already done, taking to the streets to defend the rights of the people and defend the rights of democracy from tyranny.
America isMinistry of FinanceA statement issued on the 24th said that the United StatesMinistry of FinanceIn accordance with anti-drug laws, the Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on Petro, his wife, eldest son, and Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, and will freeze their property and related financial services in the United States.
The Colombian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday strongly condemning the actions of the United States, saying the sanctions were "unfounded".
by Maduro:We will try to prevent war.
VenezuelanThe PresidentMaduro said on the 24th,The United States is "creating a new war" and Venezuela will try its best to prevent it from happening.
Speaking on national television that day, Maduro said that the people of South America and the Caribbean do not want war, but desire peace, prosperity and harmony.
In a speech on Monday, Maduro said:The United States is directly threatening Venezuela, not only through fabricated and fictional stories, but also through a show of force in the Caribbean.
Recently, the U.S. has deployed several warships in the Caribbean Sea to "fight drug trafficking".Trump isThe government has claimed to have sunk several so-called "drug trafficking ships" in international waters off Venezuela. In addition to deploying military forces such as ships and military aircraft, the United States also said that the U.S. military may strike ground targets in Venezuela in the next step.
BrazilThe PresidentA country must not ignore the sovereignty of another country.
In addition, in response to the recent actions taken by the United States in the Caribbean waters on the grounds of "combating drug trafficking", BrazilThe PresidentOn October 24, Lula said that a country cannot violate other countries in the name of fighting drug smuggling, without respect for the constitutions of other countries, the right of the people of other countries to self-determination and sovereignty of other countries.
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