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Gustavo Petro and Rafael Correa meet in Mexico to discuss an ‘anti-drug-trafficking alliance’

From El Comercio · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Former Colombian President Gustavo Petro and former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa met in Mexico before Petro’s conference at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
  • Petro said they discussed a “true anti-drug-trafficking alliance” based on social justice, stronger democracy and coordination among Latin American progressives.
  • Petro also criticized U.S. policy in Latin America and called for a dialogue among civilizations as an alternative to what he described as a possible human catastrophe.

Gustavo Petro and Rafael Correa met in Mexico before Petro’s conference at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, with Petro saying they had discussed a “true anti-drug-trafficking alliance.”

Petro said the meeting aimed to expand communication among Latin America’s progressive movements and build cooperation based on social justice and stronger democracy. He also met with Andrés Arauz, a former presidential candidate aligned with Correa, to discuss integration among progressive movements in the Andean and Caribbean regions.

I am meeting with Rafael Correa, former president of Ecuador, to expand the communication space of Latin American progressivism and achieve a true anti-drug-trafficking alliance based on the social justice of the peoples and the strengthening of democracy.

— Gustavo PetroPetro described the purpose of his meeting with Correa in Mexico.

According to Petro, the meeting also examined competing visions of Latin American integration. He contrasted the model associated with Simón Bolívar’s Gran Colombia with what he described as the foreign policy currently pursued by the United States.

Vital space

— Gustavo PetroPetro used the phrase to characterize what he said was Washington’s view of Latin America.

Petro said Washington viewed Latin America as its “vital space” for obtaining natural resources and financing its geopolitical vision. He linked that argument to new maritime routes in the Arctic Ocean, created by melting ice connected to the climate crisis, and to geopolitical competition with China.

The former Colombian president said his country’s progressive movement had proposed a dialogue among civilizations as an alternative to a possible “human holocaust.” He used the term “technofascism” for a scenario in which technological power dominates countries with the greatest military capabilities. Petro also called on Latin American progressives to coordinate against what he called a “matrix of lies” and a project to manipulate the region’s peoples.

Human holocaust

— Gustavo PetroPetro used the phrase while advocating dialogue among civilizations as an alternative to a possible catastrophic scenario.

Petro is scheduled to give a keynote lecture at UNAM on Sept. 2 about the climate crisis, political economy and the effects of robotization. The visit marks his first international trip since leaving Colombia’s presidency.

Matrix of lies

— Gustavo PetroPetro used the phrase to describe what he said Latin American progressives should confront through coordinated action.
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Originally published by El Comercio in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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