Petro defended Colombia’s role in the fight against drug trafficking and assured that the country invested more resources than he received.
Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia.
Camila Díaz – RCN Radio.
He President Gustavo Petro responded to the project presented at the United States Congress, that proposed a substantial cut in the economic aid that this country destined to Colombia.
The initiative promoted by Republican Senator Mario Díaz-Balart, It includes a reduction of more than 200 million dollars under the argument that current assistance has not generated effective results in security, public order and fight against drugs.
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The Colombian president sharply rejected the measure and questioned the logic behind the American evaluation. “Colombia is not worth 170 million dollars, as it was not worth $ 13 million when the oligarchy sold to Panama,” he said.
Petro defended Colombia’s role in the fight against drug trafficking and assured that the country invested more resources than he received, contributing to reduce drug use in the United States.
“We invest more than 170 million dollars helping the US society not consume so much drugs,” he said.
The Head of State He also stated that a more effective strategy required reorient resources towards consumption prevention and consumer education.
“What they give us and what we give would be more efficient if it is invested in consumer consumer prevention programs,” he said.
He added that with this “less marijuana would be smelled in the streets of Wall Street, and freer would be the citizens of New York.”
Petro took advantage of the pronouncement to claim his right to free expression and his criticism of dependency relationships.
“The founding fathers of the US and the father of Colombia, Simón Bolívar, taught me that free expression, free thought, the freedom of the word are priceless. I exercise my parresía, nobody silence me while I am alive,” he concluded.
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The cutting proposal is still in process in the US Congress, while in Colombia the debate on its political and diplomatic implications continues to gain strength.
Source: Integrated information system.
