An Unusual Nationalist Turn Marks Petro's Tone at the Start of His Last Year

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“We have to defend our nation,” said Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, in the speech with which he began his last year of office. The scenario for the president to give one of the most anticipated speeches of the year, that of the day when the country celebrates the definitive victory in the War of Independence, was carefully chosen. Two days earlier, the president climbed, via X and without prior consultation with his Chancellery, a border d…