Colombian President Gustavo Petro Orders Military to Defend Nicolás Maduro After U.S. Bounty of $50 Million

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.

Petro ordered the Colombian Armed Forces to treat Colombians and Venezuelans as “the same people” against a purported “U.S. military intervention” in the neighboring country. Petro has not presented any evidence that the U.S. has any military intervention plans in Venezuela at press time.

Petro issued his orders to the Colombian Armed Forces hours after the left-wing New York Times published a report stating that President Donald Trump secretly signed an…

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