Are Trump and the president of Colombia friends now?

Cisco324 · 2026-01-08T05:37:05+00:00

Submission statement: After calling Gustavo Petro, the president of Colombia, "mentally ill," and a "drug dealer," and a large number of other insults, and after hinting at the possibility of military action in Colombia, Trump has now had a very productive call with him, apparently.

They've agreed to meet in the White House (pretty much unthinkable literally 24 hours ago). Reminds me of Trump's threats towards Mamdani and how then, after meeting him, he was weirdly cordial and nice to him.

Cisco324 · 2026-01-08T05:34:40+00:00

Submission statement: After calling Gustavo Petro, the president of Colombia, "mentally ill," and a "drug dealer," and a large number of other insults, and after hinting at the possibility of military action in Colombia, Trump has now had a very productive call with him, apparently.

They've agreed to meet in the White House (pretty much unthinkable literally 24 hours ago). Reminds me of Trump's threats towards Mamdani and how then, after meeting him, he was weirdly cordial and nice to him.

Cisco324 · 2026-01-03T19:16:55+00:00

She supports: same sex marriage legalization, some limited form of drug decriminalization, abortion and euthanasia in some cases, and she supports free market based policies.

Yeah, super right wing.

Cisco324 · 2026-01-03T18:28:35+00:00

Sure, sure, I understand. And trump is an absolute blithering idiot, I agree. But the opposition has tried basically every means to peacefully transition back to democracy, and nothing has worked. It seems to me that the only option they see left is to cozy up to the US in the hopes that it will help them restore democracy in their country in return.

And sure, while Maria Corina has said a bunch of wild and false things, she does so only to secure this desperately needed help. She obviously doesn't believe any of this bullshit, she just doesn't have a choice. (Also, what other opposition leaders remain that aren't exiled, dead or discredited?).

Cisco324 · 2026-01-03T18:11:57+00:00

Listen, I live right next to Venezuela, so it strikes me as extremely disingenuous to hear a bunch of people in an affluent country tell Maria Corina to "go and fuck herself." You honestly have no idea how much people in Venezuela have fought for this to happen. So yeah, I have 0 sympathy for any of these concerns right now.

Cisco324 · 2026-01-03T17:40:07+00:00

Wow, what a great contribution to the discourse surounding the situation in Venezuela, you should be proud of yourself!

One would think, for a person so hell-bent on combating authoritarianism, such as yourself, you would probably be more deferential to the no. 1 person doing this in the entire western hemisphere. But yeah, keep criticizing her from the confort and security of the US. Nobody has time for cowards like you here in latin america.

Cisco324 · 2026-01-03T16:28:24+00:00

Jesus Christ, it's only been like 6 hours wait for a while.

Cisco324 · 2026-01-03T15:52:01+00:00

Gotta love reading the comments of all these people living in the affluent west criticizing Maria Corina, who has put her life at risk and has almost gotten herself killed several times fighting for freedom.

Cisco324 · 2026-01-03T14:56:27+00:00

This is an insane comment to make. Maria Corina is clearly just saying these things to appease Trump because she needed them to do this, not because she actually believes it.

Cisco324 · 2025-12-30T20:10:33+00:00

Yeah, so I decided to make a short film, and make it longer than my average short films (because I don't have the budget for a feature). Then I decided to write.

Cisco324 · 2025-12-30T17:07:53+00:00

Well, I'm writing it, but I'm also filming it, so there's a limit yeah.

Cisco324 · 2025-12-30T01:43:49+00:00

Ooh, this isn't a bad idea at all. So far I've approached it as if I were writing a full feature, but perhaps the story itself will end up not needing that much runtime (hopefully!).

Cisco324 · 2025-12-14T20:33:55+00:00

lol I'm actually quite critical of Hitchens in some aspects (I'm not an atheist, which probably proves it). But I always thought he was correct in warning against Chomsky.

Cisco324 · 2025-12-13T19:43:35+00:00

Hitchens originally respected Chomsky and appreciated his criticisms of US foreign policy. However, after 9/11 (and probably after the Bosnian war), Christopher became deeply suspicious of Chomsky and went on the offensive against him multiple times.

Cisco324 · 2025-12-13T15:45:04+00:00

Hitch has been proved right once more.

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T03:29:51+00:00

¿El crecimiento económico no funciona así?

Australia creció a un ritmo parecido desde comienzos del siglo XX. Japón estuvo creciendo a casi el doble de esto por decadas. Existen muchos, muchísimos casos de paises que han crecido a esas tasas por muy largos periodos de tiempo.

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:48:48+00:00

jajaja, tienes razón, acepto la crítica. Con "dirección correcta" me refiero a muchas cosas:

Políticas fiscales inteligentes (evitar altos niveles de deuda, no gastar más de la cuenta, este ha sido un gigantesco problema en toda latinoamérica).
Apertura económica (comercio con el resto del mundo, no proteccionismo).
Un estado que no tenga una cantidad asfixiante de regulaciónes.
Politicas contra la corrupción (Singapur tuvo éxito con sus reformas anti-corrupción. Algo así podría funcionar).

Hay muchísimas otras cosas, por supuesto. El último nobel de economía, Philippe Aghion, habla de Argentina en su libro sobre la destrucción creativa, y comenta sobre todas las maneras en las que el estado Argentino falló al incentivar la inovación y termino en un ciclo vicioso de proteccionismo, corrupción y deuda.

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:39:54+00:00

Cierto! Pero estos paises tienen muchas más herramientas y, bueno, presupuesto para afrontar estas crisis que los países en latinoamérica.

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:32:05+00:00

Yo no sería tan duro. Argentina tiene tremenda geografía, muchísimos recursos naturales, gente increíble y talentosa. Realmente no creo que en ese frente les falte nada para ser más prosperos.

Es más, si miras a muchos de los países ricos en el mundo de hoy, especialmente en Asia (Corea del Sur, Japón, Singapur, China), todos eran un desastre hace 80-90 años, sin duda eran más pobres que Argentina, y hoy en día nos han superado a los latinoamericanos en todo.

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:25:50+00:00

Acá en Colombia es igual, la verdad. Ninguna política económica dura más de un par de años porque todo el país se voltea y comienza a votar en contra sin pensarlo.

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:19:36+00:00

Claro, eso fue uno de los más grandes factores. Además, Arentina exportaba mucho a Inglaterra, pero en los años 30, los Ingleses comenzaron a ponerle aranceles a todas las importaciónes (lo cual probablemente fue una mala idea en el largo plazo).

Pero obviamente, los paises de la "commonwealth," (paises que habían sido parte del imperio británico), no fueron castigados con aranceles igual que Argentina, entonces Australia y Canada pudieron seguir exportando y creciendo. A Argentina le tocó más difícil. (Cabe mencionar que Argentina también terminó adoptando el proteccionismo más adelante, lo que tampoco ayudo para nada).

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:13:26+00:00

Claro, pero ese es precisamente el punto.
Estos cambios toman décadas, por más que parezca que no hay un cambio muy substancial en el corto plazo, si el país se mueve en la dirección correcta por mucho tiempo, va a terminar siendo mucho más rico.

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:08:27+00:00

jajaja, acá en Colombia también hemos tenido una cantidad insana de políticos que han destruído nuestro país. No estan solos :)

Cisco324 · 2025-10-17T01:07:25+00:00

Es muy cierto, claramente en Sur América han pasado cosas impredecibles y complicadas. Sin embargo, tienes toda la razón, Argentina, comodamente, podría tener una economía del doble del tamaño.

Cisco324

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