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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. military conducted what he called a “lethal kinetic strike” on a suspected narco-vessel in the Caribbean Sea that he associated with Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN), a Marxist terror organization.

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 claimed on Thursday that “pressure” from Colombia and other countries led to a peace deal between Israel and Hamas brokered by President Donald Trump, detracting from Trump’s direct efforts in the situation.

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 Gustavo Petro purged Colombia’s diplomatic staff in China reportedly claiming they “sabotaged” his administration’s outreach to the communist regime.

Authorities have reportedly seized a record one million pounds of cocaine during fiscal year 2025, the news coming as President Donald Trump fights drug trafficking cartels.

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.

The U.S. State Department announced it would rescind the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro after he urged American soldiers to defy orders from President Donald Trump and compared Israel’s military actions in Gaza to the Holocaust during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York City.

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.

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.

A small group of foreign ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) regional bloc met on Monday morning for a “profound reflection” on the United States’ ongoing efforts to combat drug cartels in Caribbean international waters.

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

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil on Tuesday called for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to help “restore common sense” and stop the United States’ ongoing efforts to combat drug cartels in Caribbean international waters — which the Venezuelan narco-state deems a “threat.”

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.”

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.

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.

The Office of the Inspector General of Colombia announced on Tuesday that a 17-year-old Venezuelan linked to the assassination attempt against conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay “escaped” from the government welfare institute where he was receiving assistance on Monday.

Growing threats to democracy in Colombia are being fueled in part by a cocaine boom under a Marxist president, Colombian Senator Paloma Valencia told Breitbart News on Wednesday, urging America to help fight the influence of criminal drug gangs.

A Colombian judge on Monday convicted conservative former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez on charges of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a trial widely denounced as irregular by local and international politicians and his supporters.

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee expressed concerns about reports of drug abuse “at the highest levels” of the government of Colombia.

Far-left President of Chile Gabriel Boric and the leftist heads of government of Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Spain vowed on Monday to “advance global cooperation and social justice” at a gathering hosted by Boric in Santiago.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed on Wednesday that he was betrayed by “whites, descendants of slave owners” in his government who allegedly continued to export coal to Israel despite Petro prohibiting the practice by decree last year.