Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced his country hass severed diplomatic ties with Israel, describing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “genocidal” over its war in Gaza.
Speaking to a crowd marking International Workers’ Day in Bogota on Wednesday, Petro said countries cannot be passive in the face of the crisis unfolding in Gaza.
Petro who came to power in 2022, is considered part of a progressive wave known as the “pink tide” in Latin America.
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He has been one of the region’s most vocal critics of Israel since the start of the Gaza war.
In October, just days after the conflict began, Israel said it was “halting security exports” to Colombia after Petro accused Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant of using language similar to what the “Nazis said of the Jews”.
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