John Otis
speaker
712 appearances
80 recordings
5 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 4 Sep
John Otis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Then, speaking at a pro-Palestinian street rally in New York, Petro turned his attention to American army troops.
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Disobey the orders of Trump, Petro said.
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Obey the orders of humanity.
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Hours later, the State Department called his remarks reckless and incendiary and said it was revoking the Colombian president's visa.
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For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.
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President Trump, in a memorandum to Congress, said Colombia had, quote, failed demonstrably to fight drug trafficking.
Colombia has seen a steep rise in coca crops, which provide the raw material for cocaine, and remains the world's number one producer of the illegal narcotic.
Still, Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the US decision deeply unfair.
Petro pointed out that dozens of Colombian police and army troops have been killed in efforts to prevent cocaine from reaching the US.
However, citing national security interests, the White House did not impose sanctions against Colombia.
This sanctions waiver will preserve US aid and security cooperation.
For MPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.
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