John Otis
speaker
712 appearances
80 recordings
5 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 4 Sep
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For NPR News, I'm John Otis.
U.S.
officials say American airstrikes in the Caribbean have destroyed four drug smuggling boats from Venezuela and killed 21 people.
The legality of these military attacks remains unclear, and now Colombia has been drawn into the conflict.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on social media that the U.S.
destroyed a boat carrying Colombian citizens and that a, quote, new war scenario had opened up in the Caribbean.
The White House called Petro's statement baseless and reprehensible.
It's another blow to relations between the two nations, which were once close allies.
Last month, the U.S.
revoked Petro's visa after he called on U.S.
troops to disobey the orders of President Trump.
For NPR News, I'm John Otis.
The decision to cancel President Gustavo Petro's visa came after he addressed a pro-Palestinian rally in New York where he called on American troops to disobey President Trump.
Back in Colombia Saturday, Petro scoffed at his visa cancellation and heaped even more scorn on Trump himself.
for his strong support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
On social media, Petro told Trump, do not surround yourself with the perpetrators of genocide.
Although the U.S.
and Colombia have a long history of cooperation, Trump and Petro have repeatedly clashed over everything from tariffs to recent U.S.
airstrikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea.
For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.
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