Watch: Colombia’s socialist president Gustavo Petro describes how he just dodged assassination

Petro is no socialist but merely another ally of the Trump regime. “Colombian President Gustavo Petro met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday in a closed-door session lasting over two hours. The meeting came just days after Trump brazenly threatened Petro with military action akin to last month’s US invasion of Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolás Maduro.

The encounter, hailed by Trump as a “complete success,” was yet another capitulation by a figurehead of Latin America’s bankrupt “Pink Tide.” Like New York pseudo-socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani who recently visited the White House to kiss Trump’s ring and pledge partnership, Petro arrived hat in hand, pledging collaboration. On the eve of the meeting with Petro, Trump told reporters in his usual thuggish style: “He was certainly critical before that but, somehow after the Venezuelan raid, he became very nice.” Post-meeting, Trump gushed that Petro was “terrific.”

Petro’s trajectory embodies the political pedigree and degeneration of the so-called “Pink Tide,” a series of left nationalist governments that used proceeds from high commodity prices to implement limited social reforms. The Latin American working class cannot fight extreme inequality and defend its democratic rights—above all against imperialist oppression—through politicians like Petro or any other capitalist party. Only the independent mobilization of the working class for power can achieve this as part of the world socialist revolution.”

(‘Trump welcomes Colombian President Petro at the White House after military threats’, World Socialist Web Site 5 Feb 2026)