"Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned on Tuesday that a nuclear war would affect 'all humanity,' speaking after US and Israeli attacks on Iran. At a public event in Popayán, the capital of the Cauca department, Petro said the confrontation was not limited to the countries directly involved in the conflict and could have wider global consequences. "The danger we are unquestionably living through show how real the threat now is - a threat to life for all humanity. Because this is no longer a matter of Tehran or Tel Aviv, or Washington, or Abu Dhabi or Dubai. Cities that look almost magical in photographs are, today, being bombed - as Gaza was bombed. And then we realise it isn’t only happening 'over there.' All humanity is standing on the edge of an abyss: nuclear war. And from that, no one escapes - not even us, here," he said. Petro added that in "a world that is destroying itself among civilisations, threatening nuclear war" Latin America must "state that this is the moment for dialogue among civilisations and not for confrontation, war and extermination." He said that from "Munich, Hitler set out toward a barbarism that we have not forgotten," even though "Latin Americans did not feel it" at the time. Petro added that the region now 'does feel barbarism,' which he said is increasingly present around them. "We feel barbarism around us: in the Caribbean Sea, across five continents that understand us, and inside Colombia too - here in Cauca - where people sometimes kill one another. Because what we are seeing in the world, brought down into this territory, right now, means we cannot credibly speak of peace to the world," he explained. The US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran on Saturday, February 28, with President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to 'destroy Iran’s missiles'. In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced 'large-scale missile and drone attacks' targeting Israeli territory. Regional reports also indicated that US military facilities across the Middle East, including bases in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait, were struck amid the widening confrontation. Iranian state media confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed during the strikes. Trump described the development as “the greatest opportunity for the Iranian people to reclaim their homeland". The escalations follow three recent rounds of nuclear talks between Iranian and American officials, one held in Muscat and two in Geneva."