Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that the Trump administration’s recent posture toward Venezuela has more to do with oil than with combating drug trafficking, as the White House has maintained.
“[Oil] is at the heart of the matter,” Petro told CNN in the interview, which was published Wednesday.
“So, that’s a negotiation about oil. I believe that is [President Donald] Trump’s logic. He’s not thinking about the democratization of Venezuela, let alone the narco-trafficking,” he added.
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