Republican United States Senator Marco Rubio warned US President Joe Biden to have “careful“with the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro.
Rubio assured that the president of Colombia is a “an agent of chaos” and sent his comment to Biden before the meeting between the two leaders.
(See: New accusation from Peru to Petro: “Disrespects international standards”).
The conservative politician, who has not yet revealed whether he will compete for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, as he did without success in 2016, mentions the “peace talks“who has promoted Petro with guerrillas and drug traffickers, his ties with Venezuela and his rapprochement with China.
“In recent months, Petro has sought to end the violence through negotiations, including with sadistic criminal drug cartels like the Clan del Golfo, which have never shown any interest in talks.“Rubio said in a statement.
(See: Petro’s proposal for Venezuela to rejoin the OAS).
According to the politician, Petro’s apparent goal is ‘total peace’, but “it is only sowing disaster, not only in Colombia, but in our entire region“.
The Republican senator emphasizes the recent attacks by the National Liberation Army (ELN), which caused nine casualties to the Colombian Armed Forces, which, in his opinion, shows a “total contempt for the peace negotiations and the Colombian people“.
(See: Clean energy, Petro’s call before U. Stanford).
“These are the mercenaries that Petro wants to appease, even to the point of backing down on Colombia’s old extradition deal with the US. It’s terrible, but it’s what happens when you negotiate with terrorists from a position of weakness“, he added.
Rubio also criticizes what he describes as Petro’s cooperation with “tyrants“.
“Since his election, Petro has been Latin America’s leading advocate of ‘compromise’ with narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela and puppet dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel in Cuba.“.
(See: The conditions with which the US would lift sanctions on Venezuela).
Republican United States Senator Marco Rubio.
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“The reason is obvious: he wants both regimes to use their influence over the ELN in favor of Colombia, but it is nonsense, because internationally ostracized dictators have nothing to gain by increasing stability in the region,” he asserted.
Also, blond He calls Petro “absurd and naive” for wanting to mediate in the dialogue between the Government and the Venezuelan opposition, because, in his opinion, it only serves Maduro “to gain time.”
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“The icing on the cake is that Petro has also joined the ranks of pro-China voices from Latin America.“said the senator.
Finally, Rubio asked Biden that he does not give in to any of Petro’s requests.
EFE
