Gustavo Petro

“Left”, Except for Haiti

October 10, 2025 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Haiti, Latin America, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, October 8, 2025 The latest interference from the United Nations ensures that Haiti’s “gang” problem will continue and that its cause, an illegitimate governing structure brought about by the UN, U.S. and their partners, will go unaddressed in favor of more intervention. Support for Haitian sovereignty is a litmus test for anti-imperialists. […]

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,[…]

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[…]

Global Applause as Leftist Gustavo Petro Wins Colombian Presidency

June 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Colombia, New Pink Tide, Political Analysis

by Jake Johnson, published on Common Dreams, June 20, 2022 Former guerrilla fighter and longtime lawmaker Gustavo Petro defeated a millionaire businessman viewed as Colombia’s Donald Trump on Sunday to become the South American nation’s first leftist president-elect, riding a wave of mass anger over inequality, poverty, and the corruption of the right-wing political establishment. “The government of hope has[…]

Are There Veterans For Peace In Colombia?

June 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Citizen Diplomacy, Colombia, Democracy and Consent, Paths to Emancipation

by James Patrick Jordan, published on Popular Resistance, June 15, 2022 This article was originally published on the Alliance for Global Justice Website on June 14. Since then, left leaning candidate Gustavo Petro and Vice Presidential candidate Francia Marquez won the presidential election. This is a big moment for Colombia, which has been dominated by the U.S. and ruled by[…]