Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro tells CBS News blowing up drug boats is easy, but illegal and ineffective

[ad_1] Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro has been outspoken in his condemnation of the U.S. military strikes on what the Trump administration says are drug smuggling boats in international waters. Petro calls the strikes easy, but ineffective in tackling the mammoth problem of drug smuggling — and illegal to boot. The Trump administration has announced…

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Cuban man deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa on hunger strike and his “life is on the line,” lawyer says

[ad_1] Cape Town, South Africa — A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three months without charge or access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program, his U.S.-based lawyer said Wednesday….

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