Outgoing Marxist President of Colombia Gustavo Petro will travel to New York on Tuesday to preside over a U.N. Security Council debate as part of a broader two-day itinerary at the United Nations.
Outgoing Marxist President of Colombia Gustavo Petro triggered a new controversy over the weekend by writing “Heil Hitler” in response to a local opinion piece favorable to outsider conservative presidential frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave his endorsement to Colombia’s conservative presidential frontrunner candidate Abelardo de la Espriella in the June 21 runoff election.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) applauded the Colombian electoral integrity system following a trip to the country as an observer in Sunday’s presidential election, describing it as “world-class” and a model to learn from for the United States.
Colombian far-left Senator and presidential candidate Iván Cepeda acknowledged on Monday that his team has found no irregularities to suggest fraud in Sunday’s first round presidential election in which he came in second place.
Outsider Colombian conservative candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won Sunday’s first round presidential election, placing him in the lead position in anticipation of a June 21 runoff election against far-left Senator Iván Cepeda.
The outgoing president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, published a rant on social media on Sunday night in which he declared that he would not respect the results of the first round of the presidential election which showed his protege Iván Cepeda in second place.
