Colombian president claims Trump’s Venezuela fight is ‘about oil’ instead of drugs

Published November 27, 2025 1:28pm ET



Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed this week that the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela is primarily a quest for oil, not a war on drugs.

Petro said that oil is “at the heart of the matter” regarding U.S. strikes on drug boats in international waters and threats to overthrow the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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