2024-03-29 00:55:52
The Colombian Embassy in the United States reprimanded Republican congresswoman María Elvira Salazar this Thursday, who expressed her support for the offense of the Argentine president, Javier Milei, against his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, whom he called a “terrorist murderer.”
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In a message on social networks, the diplomatic mission recalled that “President Gustavo Petro was democratically elected by Colombians and both his dignity and that of his position must be respected,” and demanded to avoid “insulting and emotionally charged language” against him. head of the Colombian state.
“The Embassy of Colombia in the United States formally calls on Representative María Salazar so that, in the spirit of mutual respect and consideration for the relationship between our countries, she returns to the level of constructive debate, enriching democracy, worthy of strategic partners,” he stressed.
María Elvira Salazar, of Cuban origin and very critical of the leftist governments of Latin America, wrote on social networks that she “completely agrees” with Milei’s words, which led to a diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Argentina.
In addition, she added an old video of herself, prior to Petro’s electoral victory, in which she warned that the Colombian politician is “a thief, he is a terrorist and he is a Marxist.”
In an interview with CNN in Spanish, the Argentine president called Petro a “terrorist murderer” and described the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as “ignorant.”
In response, the Colombian Government ordered the expulsion of diplomats from the Argentine Embassy in Bogotá, although without specifying the number of those affected by this measure or when they will have to leave the country.
For his part, López Obrador responded to Milei that he does not understand “how Argentines, being so intelligent, voted for someone who is not accurate, who despises the people.”
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