The right-wing Abelardo de la Espriella, from the Defenders of the Homeland movement, won this Sunday in the second round of the presidential elections in Colombia by obtaining 12,921,702 votes (49.65%), a narrow advantage of 248,310 ballots (0.95 percentage points) over the leftist Iván Cepeda, according to 99.65% of theContinue Reading
Lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, presidential candidate of the right-wing Defensores de la Patria movement, voted this Sunday in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla confident that he will win the Presidency of Colombia to succeed Gustavo Petro. “We have to defeat tyranny (…) We are going to defeat the regimeContinue Reading
Cepeda He also acknowledged on Monday that after verifications carried out by his campaign, They have not found evidence of irregularities to question the result of the first round. The candidate had joined President Gustavo Petro on Sunday night, who rejected the data released by the National Registry, the entityContinue Reading
The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella surprised this Sunday by obtaining the largest vote in the first round of the presidential elections in Colombiawho had a participation of 57.88%, and will contest the second round on June 21 with the leftist Iván Cepeda, who questioned the results. Turnout wasContinue Reading
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petroannounced this Saturday that his country and Venezuela will request their accession to the Mercosur as full members, one day after the meeting they held in Caracas ministers of the two countries, which he described as “supremely successful.” READ: The US embassy in Baghdad isContinue Reading
The president of the United States, donald trumpreceives his Colombian counterpart this Tuesday at the White House, Gustavo Petroafter a year of loud disagreements in which Washington has accused the South American president of being a drug trafficker and he has repeatedly criticized the Republican’s foreign policy. These are theContinue Reading
The Republican announced a series of measures such as the cancellation of any type of subsidy, the possibility of an increase in tariffs, as well as an eventual intervention against drug production fields. Around the World Newsletter Francisco Sanz analyzes how international events transform the world, every Tuesday. receive itContinue Reading
The State Department indicated on Monday that In Colombia “Coca cultivation and cocaine production have reached historical records under the presidency of Gustavo Petro and His failed attempts to reach agreements with the narco -terrorist groups have only exacerbated the crisis ”. Newsletter return to the world Francisco Sanz AnalyzeContinue Reading
Throughout his political life, Benedetti He has faced multiple judicial investigations, including complaints for corruption, as well as a complaint for gender violence during his period as an ambassador. However, he has no conviction against him. Newsletter return to the world Francisco Sanz Analyze how international events transform the world,Continue Reading
Colombian president Gustavo Petro, said Friday that the former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) is the main responsible for the criminal process that resulted in its 12 -year prison sentence in home by pointing out that it was himself who “built the strategy” that today has it in that judicial situation.Continue Reading
