“The war on drugs has failed. Mortal consumption has increased, from soft drugs to harder ones, there has been a genocide on my continent and in my countryhave sentenced millions of people to prison,” said the first left-wing president of Colombia, the world’s leading producer of cocaine.
“From here, from my wounded Latin America, I demand that you put an end to the irrational war on drugs,” Gustavo Petro launched in his speech, marked by harsh appraisals of the policies that preceded his.
Colombia frequently faces pressure from USAits main ally in the fight against drugs, to reduce the coca leaf cultivated areathe raw material of cocaine, and decrease the production of the alkaloid.
“I invite you to stop the war and stop the climate disaster“said Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old economist trying to implement an ambitious social program to combat poverty and inequality in Colombia.
The fight against climate change
“I call on all of Latin America for this purpose. I call on the voice of Latin America to unite to defeat the irrational that martyrs our bodies,” said the Colombian president, calling on the international community to save the Amazon jungle with funds or a external debt reduction that allows countries to release resources for that purpose.
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical forest in the world, with some seven million square kilometers, and is considered vital to curb catastrophic climate change, due to the large number of greenhouse gases it absorbs.
Brazil and Peru have the largest extension of the area rich in flora and fauna, followed by Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
The commitment to peace
President Gustavo Petro seeks a “complete peace” that allows to silence the rifles and stop the bloodshed in the South American country of 50 million inhabitants through talks Y submission processes.
“I propose and summon you to Latin America for this, to dialogue to end the war. Do not pressure us to align ourselves in the fields of war. It is time for peace,” the president concluded.
Drug trafficking is considered the fuel that feeds the armed internal conflict of almost six decades in Colombia that has left at least 450,000 dead and in which the left wing guerrillascriminal gangs made up of former paramilitaries and international posters.
Source: Ambito
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