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‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’
Published 3 years, 5 months ago
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Colombia's first ever left-wing President Gustavo Petro delivered a historic UN speech declaring, "The war on drugs has failed." He warned capitalism is destroying the environment, with its "addiction to money and oil," and called for debt relief for the Global South.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qbiIoIAgxws
Read the speech here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/24/war-drugs-un-colombia-gustavo-petro
Our report on Honduran President Xiomara Castro's speech: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-honduras-xiomara-castro