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Again, Duke Didn't Leave a $70 Billion Deficit in the Gas Bottom.

Summary by La Silla Vacía
On January 15, 2026, President Petro ruled that former President Iván Duque “left a debt of $70 billion pesos from the gasoline subsidy” and added: “We paid it completely in my government.” His trine reached more than 1.3 million views. The message was replicated by Presidential Advisor Celso Tete Crespo (1, 2). But that’s misleading. Ivan Duque’s government did not leave a debt of $70 billion. By 2022, the deficit was $36 billion, and Duque pai…
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On January 15, 2026, President Petro ruled that former President Iván Duque “left a debt of $70 billion pesos from the gasoline subsidy” and added: “We paid it completely in my government.” His trine reached more than 1.3 million views. The message was replicated by Presidential Advisor Celso Tete Crespo (1, 2). But that’s misleading. Ivan Duque’s government did not leave a debt of $70 billion. By 2022, the deficit was $36 billion, and Duque pai…

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La Silla Vacía broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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