Last week, Colombian President Gustavo Petro was placed on a financial sanctions list by the United States Treasury Department. The measure, which also affects his wife, Verónica Alcocer, his son, Nicolás Petro, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, is based on alleged permissiveness toward drug trafficking. Although this is not the Clinton List — created in 1995 to sanction the Cali Cartel exclusively — the practical effects are the same: financial blockade, reputational isolation, and the risk of being excluded from the system. The big question now is what will happen to the accounts of President Petro and the other sanctioned individuals, since local entities are interconnected with the U.S. financial network. Seguir leyendo

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