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How USA & Israel put drug cartel-linked puppet in power in Colombia
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- Geopolitical Economy Report
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- Aug 19, 2026
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Summary
Colombia's former President Gustavo Petro formally accused the USA and Israel of meddling in his country's election to put in power new far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella, a US citizen and Trump ally who worked as a lawyer for years in Miami, Florida, defending drug traffickers. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rBhz7_rlg0 Check out our related video on the Sandinista Revolution and Nicaragua's resistance against US imperialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXMyFvMeMc Topics 0:00 US & Israeli meddling in Colombian election 2:34 US-backed coups in Latin America 4:23 Abelardo de la Espriella, US citizen 6:36 De la Espriella defended drug traffickers 8:19 US govt supports drug traffickers 11:17 De la Espriella's business interests 12:14 De la Espriella's botox scandals 13:40 Far-right paramilitaries in Colombia 15:42 Sociopathy 16:23 Colombia's new right-wing regime 16:52 Marco Rubio 17:27 US military alliance with Colombia 18:27 US-backed narco leader Álvaro Uribe 19:58 Marco Rubio's extremist ties 20:34 War on Drugs 2.0 22:13 Ecuador's narco-dictator Daniel Noboa 23:38 Operation Condor 2.0 25:27 Colonialist Donroe Doctrine 26:53 Gustavo Petro cut ties with Israel 28:48 Israel's new alliance with Colombia 29:53 Colombia: the Israel of Latin America 31:08 Israel occupies Syria's Golan Heights 32:50 Morocco occupies Western Sahara 33:23 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 36:00 Morocco supports Israel 36:53 US backs Morocco in Western Sahara 38:09 Colombia's relations with China 39:39 US Cold War Two against China 40:22 US puppet regimes in Latin America 41:15 US National Security Strategy 42:45 Neocolonialism 43:56 Anti-imperialist resistance 45:23 Outro