Colombia

President Petro Speaks to President Trump

February 15, 2026 UNAC Editor Colombia, US Intervention

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, February 11, 2026 This week I spoke with attorney Dan Kovalik, who has been representing Colombian President Gustavo Petro with regard to the US sanctions. Kovalik also accompanied President Petro on his visit to the White House to meet with President Trump. ANN GARRISON: Dan Kovalik, on February 3, President Gustavo Petro met[…]

The Bolivarian Legacy, from Hugo Chávez to Nicolás Maduro

January 19, 2026 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Book Review, Colombia, Democracy and Consent, Resistance, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 14, 2026 Attorney Dan Kovalik is an attorney representing Colombian President Gustavo Petro. He is also author of The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil. Skyhorse Publishing brought the paperback book back into print after the US kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.[…]

Crime and Criminality in International Relations

November 7, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Colombia, International Institutions, International Law, Monroe Doctrine, Nazis, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Stephen Sefton, published on Global Research, October 228, 2025 One way or another, criminal behavior and the abuse of the issue of criminality have been permanent and integral elements of the foreign policies of the Western ruling elites for centuries. On the one hand, their governments have committed terrible crimes against the peoples of the majority world, and on[…]

Stop Escalation in the Caribbean!

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Colombia, Imperial greed, Imperial Lies and Liars, Latin America, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Hegemony, Venezuela

Editorial by Workers World, October 27, 2025 Every doubt about U.S. aims, every trace of the Big Lie about a “drug war” was erased when the Pentagon’s top Secretary Pete Hegseth proclaimed Oct. 24 that the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group is being sent to the Caribbean Sea. You don’t need Darth Vader’s Death Star to stop speedboats. The[…]

US Deploys Aircraft Carrier and Threatens Invasion of Venezuela, While Expanding “Drug” War to Colombia

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colombia, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, South America, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela, War Crimes

by Devin B. Martinez, published on Defend Democracy Press, Oct 24, 2025 As the US continues to escalate threats and military pressure against Venezuela and now Colombia as well. On Friday, October 24, “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth announced the deployment of aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), to the Caribbean. The most capable and lethal strike platform in the[…]

Unmasking Imperial Hypocrisy: Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is a Sham for Oil

October 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colombia, Monroe Doctrine, Paths to Emancipation, Propaganda, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Gloria Giullo, published on CovertAction, October 27, 20225 n October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000 Marines and F-35 jets to the Caribbean, and launching strikes on Venezuelan vessels that have killed more than 27 people—all framed as a fight against drugs and migration. This is no noble mission: It[…]

Colombia To Withdraw From NATO

October 6, 2025 UNAC Editor Colombia, NATO, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy

By Yuleidys Hernández Toledo, published on Orinoco Tribune, October 1, 2025 During the Council of Ministers, President Gustavo Petro laid out the foundations of what he called a new foreign policy for Colombia, marking a break with historical alliances, criticizing traditional diplomacy, and ordering drastic changes in the diplomatic and intelligence corps. The president emphasized a geopolitical reorientation toward Latin[…]

As Trump’s War on Migrants Transcends Borders, Resistance Grows in Latin America

February 4, 2025 UNAC Editor Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Imperialism, Latin America, Migrants and Refugees

by Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, published on Truthout, February 2, 2025 Colombia, along with Mexico, Brazil and Honduras, are already resisting the Trump administration’s neo-imperial regional aspirations. Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a former political prisoner who played a leading role in Colombia’s revolutionary movement, is the first head of state both in the region and globally who has challenged Donald Trump directly,[…]

Latin American Governments Pay a Price For Challenging Israel’s Genocidal War

November 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Latin America, Nicaragua, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Political Analysis, Resistance

by John Perry, published on CovertAction Magazine, November 1, 2024 Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and several of those which have done so suddenly face new threats, even including attempted coups. Adrienne Pine, a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, said during a recent webinar hosted by[…]

Venezuela: “The Theft of CITGO is the Robbery of the Century”

May 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colombia, Hybrid Warfare, Latin America, Multipolar World, Poverty, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, TradeWars, Venezuela

by Geraldina Colotti, published on Resumen English, May 6, 2023 There is much confusion about the selling off of Citgo; this article clarifies how this new form of lawfare is an escalation of the empire’s economic war against revolutionary Venezuela . – editorial/Resumen Venezuela is mobilizing against the U.S. decision to auction the shares of the parent company of the[…]