{"id":2515245,"date":"2025-11-27T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombian-president-claims-trumps-venezuela-fight-is-about-oil\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:51:29","slug":"colombian-president-claims-trumps-venezuela-fight-is-about-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colombian-president-claims-trumps-venezuela-fight-is-about-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian president claims Trump&#8217;s Venezuela fight is &#8216;about oil&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolombian-president-claims-trumps-venezuela-fight-is-about-oil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515245&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asserted that the U.S. military actions against Venezuela are motivated by oil interests rather than efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-names-official-to-help-reverse-trump-era-immigration-policies\/\" title=\"Biden Names Official To Help Reverse ...-Era Immigration Policies\">combat drug trafficking<\/a>. in a recent interview, Petro argued that U.S. strikes on drug transport boats and threats to overthrow venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro center on control over oil resources. Despite the Trump administration&#8217;s emphasis on fighting narcotics, including designating a Maduro-linked drug cartel as a terrorist organization, Petro believes the real agenda is about oil negotiations. The U.S. maintains that the strikes target narco-trafficking operations, describing the situation as a conflict with drug cartels. Tensions between Colombia and the U.S. have risen, with Colombia recalling its ambassador after accusations from President Trump labeling Petro as complicit in drug production. Meanwhile,U.S. Senate Democrats have called for transparency regarding the legal justifications for these military actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colombian president claims Trump&rsquo;s Venezuela fight is &lsquo;about oil&rsquo; instead of drugs<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2401812\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed this week that the U.S. military intervention in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> is primarily a quest for oil, not a war on drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Petro said that oil is &ldquo;at the heart of the matter&rdquo; regarding U.S. strikes on drug boats in international waters and threats to overthrow the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\">Venezuelan President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901113\/france-new-military-service-program-address-russian-threat-europe\/\">France announces new military service program to address Russian threat to Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3900921\/south-africa-president-ramaphosa-accuses-trump-misinformation-and-distortion\/\">Ramaphosa accuses Trump of making &lsquo;punitive&rsquo; decisions on &lsquo;misinformation&rsquo; and &lsquo;distortions&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3900902\/indonesia-flooding-kill-49-people-survivor-search\/\">Indonesia intensifies search for victims after floods and landslides kill 49 people<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a negotiation about oil. I believe that is [U.S. President Donald] Trump&rsquo;s logic,&rdquo; Petro said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/26\/americas\/colombia-petro-venezuela-oil-us-latam-intl\">CNN interview<\/a> published Thursday. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s not thinking about the democratization of Venezuela, let alone the narco-trafficking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colombia&rsquo;s President Gustavo Petro speaks at a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of the signing of a peace deal between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Fernando Vergara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump administration has publicized and celebrated its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3857130\/colombia-recalls-ambassador-trump-threatens-tariffs-strikes-drug-trafficking\/\">repeated strikes on boats<\/a> believed to be transporting narcotics into the United States from Venezuela in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the government <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3896640\/us-formally-designates-cartel-maduro-venezuela-foreign-terrorist-organization\/\">designated a drug cartel<\/a> with known links to Maduro, the &ldquo;Cartel de los Soles,&rdquo; as a foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just about options, and we plan better than any organization in the world here; we want to make sure the president has options to include doing a whole lot, to include doing, you know, the cartel mission that we&rsquo;re doing there as well,&rdquo; Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said. &ldquo;So nothing&rsquo;s off the table, but nothing&rsquo;s automatically on the table.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Petro lamented American intervention abroad in the interview, warning that the United States &ldquo;cannot be considered an empire&rdquo; and must accept its position as &ldquo;one of the nations, among others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colombia\/\">Colombia<\/a> recalled its U.S. ambassador back to Bogot&aacute; last month following a spat with the Trump administration and accusations from the White House that Petro was engaged in the same narco-trafficking as Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Gustavo Petro, of Colombia, is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-threatens-to-strike-colombian-drug-fields-cuts-subsidies\/\" title=\"... threatens to strike ...n drug fields, cuts subsidies\">illegal drug leader strongly encouraging<\/a> the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Colombia,&rdquo; Trump&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115401182824973489\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a>. &ldquo;It has become the biggest business in Colombia, by far, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more than a long term rip off of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a ceremonial sword said to have belonged to independence hero Simon Bolivar during a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government-organized civic-military march<\/a> in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ariana Cubillos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senate Democrats have filed a letter to Attorney General&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\">Pam Bondi&nbsp;<\/a>and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\">Hegseth<\/a>&nbsp;demanding the release of classified information related to the strikes on Venezuelan boats.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3896565\/faa-travel-advisory-venezuela-risk-trump-strikes-against-maduro\/\">FAA WARNS AIRLINES FLYING TO VENEZUELA OF &lsquo;POTENTIAL RISK&rsquo; AS TRUP CONSIDERS STRIKES AGAINST MADURO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Few decisions are more consequential for a democracy than the use of lethal force. We therefore believe that the declassification and public release of this important document would enhance transparency in the use of deadly force by our Nation&rsquo;s military and is necessary to ensure Congress and the American people are fully informed of the legal justification supporting these strikes,&rdquo; the senators <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3897835\/senate-democrats-declassification-doj-memo-boat-strikes\/\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his administration have maintained that all boats sunk by the military have been operating in cooperation with drug cartels and that the U.S. is in a &ldquo;non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-carries-out-another-strike-on-narco-terrorists-in-caribbean\/\" title=\"Pentagon Carries Out Another Strike on Narco Terrorists in Caribbean\">-international armed conflict&#038;rdquo<\/a>; with the narco gangs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian president says Trump&#8217;s Venezuela fight centers on oil, not drugs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2515246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25330846982332.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[15918,7393,5894,3634,50813],"class_list":["post-2515245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-colombia","tag-oil","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25330846982332.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515249,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515245\/revisions\/2515249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}