Colombian President Gustavo Petro sharply criticized Washington on Monday after the Trump administration formally decertified Colombia in the fight against drugs, citing record coca cultivation and cocaine production during his administration.
"We will not be under blackmail. I am not worried about U.S. aid," Petro said during a Cabinet meeting at the Casa de Nariño. He argued that the financial impact was overstated, comparing the $450 million potentially at stake to fluctuations in debt interest payments. "That can be lost in a second," he said.
