US Sanctions 'Left-Wing' Petro: The Empire Strikes Back
Washington alleges Petro has let drug cartels 'flourish.' That's rich, coming from a country whose decades-long 'War on Drugs' has, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, largely failed to reduce drug supply or demand, instead fueling instability and violence across Latin America for decades. This isn't about drugs; it's about Petro's 'left-wing' policies and his inconvenient willingness
to criticize US foreign policy at international forums, like his recent calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. One might wonder if the US drug enforcement priorities only seem to align with regime change efforts against populist leaders who don't toe the imperial line. After all, when has Washington ever cared about a leader's drug policy unless they were also challenging geopolitical norms or threatening
resource extraction?