Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the United States will continue to pursue military conflicts abroad as long as its economy remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels, arguing that oil and coal shape Washington's foreign policy decisions in Latin America and beyond.
"As long as the U.S. economy is based on oil and coal, 70% of its energy matrix, it will tend to seek wars for both resources," Petro said in an interview with BBC Mundo, referring to what he described as a structural link between energy dependence and U.S. military action. He added that Venezuela exemplified that dynamic, saying the country's vast oil reserves sit at the center of Washington's pressure campaign.
