Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed this week that the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela is primarily a quest for oil, not a war on drugs.

Petro said that oil is “at the heart of the matter” regarding U.S. strikes on drug boats in international waters and threats to overthrow the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro .

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“That’s a negotiation about oil. I believe that is [U.S. President Donald] Trump’s logic,” Petro said in a CNN interview published Thursday. “He’s not thinking about the democrat

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