Navigate Select ESC Close

"This Is Our Hemisphere": Report from Colombia on Trump's Escalating Threats to the Region

2026-01-07 News & Politics
93.6k
2.4k
546
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
3.4m subscribers

Unlock all features

FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.

Description

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Following his attack on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump has escalated his threats against Colombia and claimed without evidence that President Gustavo Petro is involved in cocaine trafficking. Trump and others in his administration have also threatened military action against Cuba, Greenland, Iran and Mexico in recent days. Manuel Rozental, a Colombian physician and activist with more than 40 years of involvement in grassroots political organizing, tells Democracy Now! that Trump's attacks on Petro are lies. The former guerrilla "has seized more cocaine than any other government in the past," says Rozental. "President Petro is not a drug trafficker. President Petro has been a victim of drug mafias and their allies." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@GuyTrevor-c1z 2026-01-07

And while he’s accusing the Columbia President of smuggling cocain Juan Orlando Hernández was pardoned by him after being convicted for conspiring to import over 400 tonnes of cocaine into the United States. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison before receiving the pardon.🤮

135 16 replies
@OHM-786-one 2026-01-07

Highway robbery!! This US admin is nothing if not crooked, corrupt, delusional, demented .. SICK!

114 10 replies
@maddogair 2026-01-07

Call him what he is, a thief, a liar, a criminal!

59 5 replies
@annmarieP365 2026-01-07

How is it that this infidel is allowed to go around bullying people, killing people and stealing from them? How is this allowed.

54 19 replies
@robynmontag8433 2026-01-07

Monster madman and all around him. We need them ousted asap!

44 4 replies
@elizabethvega5669 2026-01-07

Who in Venezuela told trump they were giving him their oil?

29 2 replies
@deadmanprodinc 2026-01-07

Thank you Manuel Rozental for explaining the history and character of President Petro. The West tends to be ignorant about Latin countries and are often lead around by the nose by mainstream media which is rife with politics and lies.

23
@sarahfern7128 2026-01-07

Powerful information. Thank you, Amy and Juan.

11
@Kamone-d5w 2026-01-07

Amy and Juan and DN team, I am so grateful for these very informative interviews that you arrange with locals in practically the whole world! It’s so important to hear what they know and how they are experiencing and viewing things! No other media covers them!

10
@windrunnerdragon 2026-01-07

“Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.” - Orwell

10

Unlock the Data Inside
Turn Videos into Knowledge

  • Get FREE 10/day: transcripts, summaries, chats
  • Chat with videos, export text & PDF
  • $1 free API credit for RAG, chatbots & research

Free forever plan • All features unlocked

App screenshot