Colombian Leader’s Call to Defy Trump Amplifies Rifts in Region

When Colombia’s outspoken President Gustavo Petro took up a megaphone at a pro-Palestine rally on the streets of New York to call on US troops to disobey President Donald Trump, he must have anticipated a backlash.

“I ask all the soldiers of the United States not to point your guns at humanity,” Petro declared on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Friday. “Disobey Trump’s order.”