US Sanctions Colombia While Funding Drug-Linked Allies
Bloomberg reports on Trump's administration sanctioning Colombian President Gustavo Petro over drug trafficking allegations. This 'strong stance' against illicit narcotics is particularly rich coming from a nation that, for decades, armed and funded paramilitaries and regimes across Latin America—some with documented ties to drug cartels—as part of its regional 'anti-communist' crusades. One might
wonder if the real 'trafficking' here is in political leverage, where accusations conveniently materialize only when a leader doesn't align perfectly with Washington's geopolitical objectives. The US has a long history of overlooking or even enabling drug flows when it served Cold War interests, only to weaponize 'drug claims' against unaligned left-leaning leaders like Petro. It appears some drug
operations are more 'tolerable' than others, particularly if they destabilize countries resistant to US hegemony.