Gustavo Petro at the United Nations: "It is time for PEACE"

In this episode, we are in conversation with three Colombians
living in the North America diaspora about their impressions of
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s address to the United Nations
on Tuesday, September 20


Guests:


Raul Burbano, Executive Director Common Frontiers, Toronto


Yhamir Chabur, Troika Kollectivo, Queens


Samantha Wherry, CODEPINK Latin America Coordinator, Wash DC


Background:


On Tuesday September 20, the first day of the United Nations
General Assembly, Colombian President Gustavo Petro made his
first address to the body. The speech sharply deviated from those
of his conservative predecessors. Petro did not shy away from
calling out global North countries for their role in the
destruction of the environment and in the perpetuation of the War
on Drugs, as a symptom of their capitalist greed. He accused “You
are only interested in my country to spray poisons on our
jungles, to take our men to jail and put our women in exclusion.
You are not interested in the education of the child, but in
killing the jungle and extracting coal and oil from its entrails.
The sponge that absorbs the poison [the rainforest] is useless,
they prefer to throw more poisons into the atmosphere.”


This is Petro’s first trip to the United States since he was
inaugurated on August 7. He was received on Sunday night,
September 18, by hundreds of supporters in Queens, NY who showed
their support to his administration’s commitment to working for
peace and ensuring the wellbeing of the Colombian people.


Follow our Guests:


Raul Burbano:


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Yhamir Chabur:


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https://www.instagram.com/yhamirchabur/


Samantha Wherry:


https://www.facebook.com/samantha.wherry.1


Additional Links:


General Assembly of the United Nations-General Debate (Colombia)
H.E. Mr. Gustavo Petro Urrego, President


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