By hanging alleged drug-trafficking boats, Colombian President Gustavo Petro mentioned Washington was “finishing up extrajudicial executions” that “violate worldwide legislation”. Talking on FRANCE 24, Gabriel Hetland, Assistant Professor in Latin American Research and Sociology at SUNY at Albany in New York, says that ‘the US is prepared to make use of very aggressive pressure particularly in opposition to leaders and states that it considers to be enemies’.
The US appears to be prepared to go after nearly anybody inside South America, professional says
By Emily Turner
