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“Colombian govt agreed to allow US military flights carrying deported migrants to land..”
bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e6…
Via @Pachacutec:
BBC article is rewriting US press release. It omits that #Colombia obtained agreemt from US to ensure deported citizens transported safely, not in chains, w respect for the bodies, dignity, human rts. This was Pres Petro's core demand.
Western media is at this pt consistently framing the agreemt as a unilateral concession by #Colombia and that is false.
US suspends tariffs after Colombia agrees to deportation flights
Hours earlier, President Trump had announced 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods.Ian Aikman (BBC News)
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Petro is very active on social media and knows how to dunk on people. His national corporate media actively lies to diminish him but he remains popular.
So his silence on the concessions the US made I believe is intentional so that Trump can bray for domestic audiences, because Petro already got what he wanted:
1) humane treatment for the deported
2) an opportunity to expand Latin American solidarity & unity for Petro's global progressive & anti-colonial agenda
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