EPISODE · Sep 26, 2022 · 58 MIN
‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’
from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton
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
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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
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