Weekly Report - 06 August 2026 (WR-26-31)

Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro used the last few days of his time in office to visit Cuba and condemn US interventionism on the island. Welcomed by Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Petro used his short visit to Havana to reject US interventionism and warn against a “war in the Caribbean”, calling instead for what he described as a “dialogue between civilisations”.