Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro warned President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that he will side with neighboring Panama “until the last consequences” should the United States take control of the Panama Canal.
Petro, a former member of the Marxist M19 guerilla terrorist organization and the first leftist president in Colombia’s history, is known for issuing wild, often outrageous rants through his personal Twitter account.
The Colombian president took to social media on Sunday afternoon to criticize Trump amid the ongoing debate regarding the Panama Canal after the U.S. President-elect expressed that the United States should take back control of the important U.S.-built trade route because of the “exorbitant” transit fees imposed to the United States, which Trump described as a “rip-off”:
Hasta las últimas consecuencias estaré al lado de Panamá y la defensa de su soberanía.
Si el nuevo gobierno de EEUU quiere hablar de negocios, hablaremos de negocios, de tú a tú, y en beneficio de nuestros pueblos, pero jamás, se negociará la dignidad.
El presidente Trump se ha…
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) December 22, 2024
“I will stand by Panama and the defense of its sovereignty to the last consequences,” Petro’s message reads. “If the new US government wants to talk business, we will talk business, face to face, and for the benefit of our peoples, but dignity will never be negotiated.”
Panama and its neighbor Colombia are home to the Darién Gap, a dangerous jungle trail shared by both nations and the only land bridge connecting Central and South America. Since 2021, hundreds of thousands of U.S.-bound migrants passed through the Darién Gap en route to the United States Southern border. The amount of migrants passing through the Darién Gap reportedly dropped by a significant amount in November following the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. […]
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