Gustavo Petro stated that those who had ruled Latin America for two centuries presented the replacement of brief periods of progressive and humanist governments as a change. He claimed that this stance reflected a contradiction of Donald Trump and that his allies in the region did not understand it. Petro said that Latin America was the most unequal region in the world and attributed inequality to drug trafficking, migration, and violence. He argued that reducing it was the remedy and that, in Latin American history, only progressive governments had achieved it, citing the Government of Life in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Correa's Ecuador, and Uruguay. He also stated that Trump had accepted the proposal of Marco Rubio and had prioritized an agenda against progressivism over the fight against drug trafficking. He added that progressive ideas had been present since the birth of all American republics, including the United States. Petro warned that Trump's policies would increase social and economic inequality, drug trafficking, violence, and migration to the north. He also asserted that, for Latin American peoples whose elections, according to him, had been falsified by the direct interference of a foreign government, rebellion was the only recourse left. #AméricaLatina #Desigualdad #Progresismo (translated)
