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Colombia: US anti-drug policies behind genocides in Latin America

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 2 Mar 2024 11:31
2 Min Read

Colombian President Gustavo Petro notes at a meeting that the American drug strategy was based on “repression” and not on “prevention and public health”. 

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  • Colombia's President Gustavo Petro Urrego waits for audience noise to stop before he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP)
    Colombia's President Gustavo Petro Urrego waits for audience noise to stop before he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, September 19, 2023. (AP)

At a meeting of regional leaders on the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the anti-drug policies of the United States have caused a “genocide” in Latin America.

“We have lived through a genocide of a million Latin Americans in the last half-century,” Petro said, noting that the American drug strategy was based on “repression” and not on “prevention and public health”. 

“The result could not be more dramatic, more failed,” he said. 

During the meeting as well, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stated that "maintaining regional peace is a mission to confront imperialism and hegemony," noting that "peace in Latin America is often undermined by the smuggling of US-made weapons to border-crossing gangs."

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He emphasized that these efforts help combat poverty, hunger, threats to social cohesion, and the climate crisis. He highlighted that arms and drug trafficking are significant threats in Latin America, and the United Nations will support initiatives that help mitigate their consequences.

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In that context, he warned about the dangerous situation in Ecuador as it combats drug traffickers. 

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