"They are ruining all the world's economies," says Gustavo Petro, accusing the US.

247 - Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the US on Wednesday (19) of ruining "all the world's economies" by taking measures to protect itself from a potential crisis, regardless of what happens to other countries.

"The U.S. is practically ruining all the world's economies," Petro said in a speech in the city of Urabá, in the northwestern Department of Antioch, RT reports.

"In the US, decisions are made to protect themselves, sometimes without thinking about what will happen. Through their measures, the economies of Latin American nations are being drained, Latin America is being plundered, all our currencies are falling, not just the Colombian peso," he added.

The Colombian president also criticized US anti-immigration policies, arguing that if Washington wanted to "stop" the exodus of people trying to enter the country, the first thing the US government would have to do was help Latin America prosper.

"That country that doesn't love us would have to understand that to stop the exodus that is happening here, we must achieve more prosperity in our nations," said Petro, who recalled that while there is a "tide of people" trying to reach the United States, they have dedicated themselves to setting up "machine guns, prisons, and walls to prevent people from entering."

Petro also indicated that, in his opinion, the so-called "American dream" has failed and that the real dream of the thousands of Latin Americans trying to cross the border into the US should be to "build prosperity" for their own nations.

In this regard, he called on all governments in the region, from the right, center, and left, to establish a "common agenda to defend Latin America from the approaching global crisis."

"It is time for all Latin American countries to unite in the face of the global crisis and build their own agenda," he added.

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