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Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Monday urged humanity to “remove” President Donald Trump if he does not “change” in an unhinged interview with Univisión.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro accused President Donald Trump of being “rude and ignorant” to Colombia after Trump called him an “illegal drug dealer” on Sunday.

President Donald Trump rebuked far-left Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday morning, calling him an “illegal drug dealer,” and announcing the stoppage of payments and subsidies to the country.

Prominent left-wing politicians, heads of state, and commentators reacted with vitriol, dismay, and apathy at the news this weekend that anti-socialist opposition leader María Corina Machado had won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Wednesday claimed that the drug-laden vessel struck by the U.S. military in Caribbean international waters last week was “Colombian with Colombian citizens on board,” prompting the White House to refute his claims.

Tuesday pro-Hamas “peaceful” protests in the Colombian cities of Bogotá and Medellín concluded with numerous acts of vandalism and clashes between violent protesters and law enforcement, leaving several injured.

Nicolás Petro Burgos, Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro’s oldest son, admitted on Sunday that he received 1.3 billion Colombian pesos (roughly $336,000) during his father’s 2022 presidential campaign, but denied that the funds were illegal or meant for his father’s campaign.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Monday doubled down on his call for the U.S. military to disobey President Donald Trump as commander-in-chief, and called for Trump to be imprisoned for allegedly aiding “genocide” in Gaza.

The government of Colombia accused the United States over the weekend of violating international law by revoking far-left President Gustavo Petro’s U.S. visa, a result of Petro calling for the U.S. military to disobey its commander in chief’s orders.

Latin America, once fertile ground for China to sign “Belt and Road” infrastructure deals with poor countries, is turning its back on “crappy” construction projects that erode the sovereignty of local governments, a senior State Department official told Breitbart News.

The leftists presidents of Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and the Prime Minister of Spain on Wednesday hosted a meeting “in defense of democracy” in New York to address the “risks” of growing conservative movements in the world.

The kidnapping and murder of a Colombian musician at the hands of a Mexican cartel has sparked a political controversy between the two countries as pressure mounts to solve the case.

Colombia’s far-left, pro-cocaine President Gustavo Petro called for criminal proceedings against President Donald Trump over recent military strikes against drug-laden vessels in the Caribbean in an unhinged tirade before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Sunday reinstated former gay pornographic actor Juan Carlos Florián as the nation’s “equality minister” after “readjusting” the gender parity quotas among his cabinet, local outlets reported Monday.

President Donald Trump submitted a “Presidential Determination” document to Congress on Monday that identified 23 nations – including Afghanistan, India, China, Venezuela, and Pakistan – as major producers of illegal drugs, or important transit points on the drug supply pipeline.

Juan Carlos Florián, a former gay pornographic actor who refers to himself as “female,” resigned from his position as Equality Minister of Colombia on Wednesday amid an ongoing lawsuit that argues his designation broke the ministerial “gender parity” quotas demanded by Colombian law.

Venezuela’s socialist regime released a five-page statement on Tuesday rejecting President Donald Trump’s determination designating Venezuela and other countries as failing to cooperate in efforts to fight drug trafficking.

Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro and Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro on Monday once again condemned the United States’ drug enforcement efforts after the U.S. military struck down a second Venezuelan boat reportedly transporting drugs in Caribbean international waters.

The Colombian Army announced on Sunday that 45 military officials were kidnapped during a security operation in a known drug trafficking route in the Department (state) of Cauca. The kidnappers were over 600 individuals from communities “in collusion” with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Marxist terrorist group.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro — a notoriously ardent cocaine advocate — denounced the U.S. precision strike against a drug-laden vessel in international waters as “murder” on Wednesday.

Three Colombian police officers were injured on Sunday after a drone dropped explosives on a police station in the town of El Bordo, Cauca, marking the second time the town’s police have been attacked in less than two months.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed that “the bombs falling in Gaza will also fall here.”

State media in Venezuela reported on Tuesday that dictator Nicolás Maduro had deployed 15,000 security operatives to the nation’s border with Colombia, allegedly to fight narco-terrorist organizations.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed on Monday that the Venezuelan regime-run Cartel de los Soles international cocaine trafficking organization “does not exist.”

At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured on Thursday in two separate terrorist attacks in Colombia, both attributed to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Marxist terror group.

Intelligence reports revealed a criminal network linking Iran and its proxy Hezbollah with the Venezuelan regime’s Cartel of the Suns.

An appellate court in Bogotá, Colombia, overturned a decision to force conservative former President Álvaro Uribe into house arrest even as he appeals a lower court verdict, declaring him a minimal flight risk and his imprisonment a violation of the presumption of innocence.

Latin Americans “know that President Trump just wants them to be safer,” fueling a rise in support for conservatives that could reshape the future of the region, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) told Breitbart News in an interview on Monday following a visit to Bogotá, Colombia.

Far-left Vice President of Colombia Francia Márquez criticized the government of President Gustavo Petro in an interview published by Caracol Televisión on Sunday evening, airing personal grievances against her own Marxist government.

Colombian conservative Congressman Julio César Triana survived an attack on Wednesday night after his vehicle came under fire by unknown individuals as he left the Southwestern city of La Plata, Huila.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro chose to not pay respects to conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay at the Colombian Congress, where he has been lying in state, and will not attend Uribe’s burial on Wednesday afternoon, local outlets reported.

Colombians gathered at the nation’s Congress to mourn and pay tribute to conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died on Monday following a difficult two-month fight for his life after he was shot by a child in June.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro pledged his support for Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro on Sunday after the United States doubled its bounty on Maduro to $50 million.

Colombian conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay died on Monday, two months after he was shot by a child during a campaign rally in Bogotá.

A court in Colombia sentenced conservative former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez over the weekend to 12 years of house arrest on charges of abuse of procedure and bribery of a public official.