Why Latin America Is Leading the Charge to Cut Ties with Israel

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced the country will be suspending its coal exports to Israel over the genocide in Gaza. Israel gets nearly half of its coal from Colombia, and Petro emphasized it will continue to pressure Israel’s economy “until the genocide stops.”

Zoe Alexandra, co-editor of Peoples Dispatch, joins the show to discuss how left-wing Latin American leaders cutting ties with Israel represents an era of unprecedented economic isolation for Israel.

“The broad sentiment is one of solidarity with Palestine. Latin America and the Caribbean is a continent with a history of struggle, of resisting US imperialism, the attempt of colonizing powers to control its economy, its culture.” –@ZoPepperC