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Petro regrets U.S. walkout during UN talk on Nazis
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Petro regrets U.S. walkout during UN talk on Nazis

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticized the U.S. delegation at the UN for leaving a Security Council session while he was speaking about Nazis and artificial intelligence.
  • Petro, who was previously placed on the U.S. OFAC list, expressed disappointment that the U.S. would withdraw during a discussion on combating Nazism.
  • He linked the rise of AI to anti-immigrant stances and violence, drawing parallels between events in Belfast and Colombia, a comparison the UK representative cautioned against.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro expressed dismay that the U.S. delegation to the United Nations departed a Security Council session as he began discussing Nazism and its modern implications. "It is regrettable that the people who helped us extinguish Hitler are leaving at this moment," Petro stated during a session on Middle East peace, which he led due to Colombia's rotating presidency of the council.

It is regrettable that the people who helped us extinguish Hitler are leaving at this moment.

— Gustavo PetroPetro's reaction to the U.S. delegation leaving a UN Security Council session.

Petro, who was placed on the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list in October 2025, linked the rise of artificial intelligence to anti-immigrant sentiments and Nazism. He drew a parallel between the violence in Belfast and Colombia, suggesting AI played a role in both. The U.S. representative who was present, Jennifer Locetta, later presented her country's position.

I am on the OFAC list and I am on the OFAC list because of my ideas.

— Gustavo PetroPetro referencing his inclusion on a U.S. sanctions list.

"One should not be ashamed of having fought Nazis and defeated them alongside other European peoples, because it is shameful now that they are leaving," Petro insisted. He referenced the anti-immigrant violence in Belfast as an example of the dangers he perceives. However, the UK's representative, James Kariuki, cautioned against conflating individual acts of violence with the atrocities committed by Nazis during the Holocaust, advising against framing criminal acts collectively.

One should not be ashamed of having fought Nazis and defeated them alongside other European peoples, because it is shameful now that they are leaving.

— Gustavo PetroPetro's continued criticism of the U.S. delegation's departure.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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