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Wed Apr 29, 2026, 09:21 AM Wednesday

Columbia's President speaks the truth about fossil fuels and Fascism. The U.S.boycotted the summit.

Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanity.

The world is threatened by a “suicidal” model of capitalism that is leading to war, fascism and the potential extinction of humanity, Colombia’s president has said, as he convened 57 governments to address the climate crisis.

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President Petro also spoke about how desperate the fossil fuel industries are to stop green energy.
Example #1 President Trump the fossil fuel industries pulled out all stops in putting him back into
power and Trump just thanked them by firing the scientists who study the climate and is looking to
close NOAA’s climate observatory on Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

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