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Thursday, February 05, 2026
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Colombia Senator Clara López Obregón: Latin America Needs "Collective" Response to U.S. Aggression
Feb 4, 2026 | After several months of rising tension between them, Colombian President Gustavo Petro sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump in a closed-door meeting that lasted approximately two hours at the White House on Tuesday. The two leaders have exchanged threats and insults since Trump returned to office in 2025, with Petro harshly criticizing the U.S. bombing of boats at sea and for threatening the sovereignty of countries in Latin America. Both leaders took a much more conciliatory tone after their meeting, with Petro sharing a photo of them shaking hands alongside a handwritten note from Trump calling it an "honor" and adding, "I love Colombia."
Colombian Senator Clara López Obregón, speaking to Democracy Now! from Bogotá, says the White House meeting was an important "repositioning" of the relationship, and cautions that the region needs a more coordinated response to "coercion" from the U.S. "Latin America, unfortunately, has been unable to structure meaningful and permanent instruments of collective action, so each country has to negotiate on its own from a position of weakness."
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Colombian Senator Clara López Obregón, speaking to Democracy Now! from Bogotá, says the White House meeting was an important "repositioning" of the relationship, and cautions that the region needs a more coordinated response to "coercion" from the U.S. "Latin America, unfortunately, has been unable to structure meaningful and permanent instruments of collective action, so each country has to negotiate on its own from a position of weakness."
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Democracy Now! Top US News & World Headlines
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Claudia Scheinbaum’s decision not to deliver oil to Cuba in Cuba’s hour of need is disappointing indeed. Prior to this news, I had held this lady in high regard. But her halo has truly slipped now! One doesn’t have to be a fan of Cuba’s economic system—I am not—to care about human beings who are suffering unnecessarily. Mexico’s help could have been a lifeline for the long-suffering Cubans. Maybe China will now step in to fill the void. — © Mark Alexander
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Democracy Now! "Empire in Decline": Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond
13 Jan 2026 | As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is "an empire in decline," following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
"American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational," says McCoy. "I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, … and it will continue for another decade or two, until American power finally slips away."
McCoy just published his latest book, Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage, on the impact of U.S.-Soviet imperial proxy wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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"American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational," says McCoy. "I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, … and it will continue for another decade or two, until American power finally slips away."
McCoy just published his latest book, Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage, on the impact of U.S.-Soviet imperial proxy wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Democracy Now! can be supported here.
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