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

2026-01-07 News & Politics
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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)

@maddogair 2026-01-07

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

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@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.

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@isabellacolloredo6168 2026-01-07

Thank you Manuel Rozental ,you are SO right and I am totally on Colombias side!!!I am worried...!

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@robynmontag8433 2026-01-07

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

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@elizabethvega5669 2026-01-07

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

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@tlag9002 2026-01-07

The drug dealers are Trump's friends and Donnie Jr's suppliers.

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@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.

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@andromedazwhy 2026-01-07

"America is an oil company with a military" - George Carlin

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@rondamullins2820 2026-01-07

AMERICA is now run by a "very sick corrupt man" and political party. The world 🌎 better pay attention!!!

16 2 replies
@windrunnerdragon 2026-01-07

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

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