“Children of Workers”: Petro Attacks the Diplomatic Career in His Idea of Having a Diverse Government

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The diplomatic service is the new battlefield of President Gustavo Petro in his crusade to make a government of ruptures. “There should be no requirement to appoint ambassadors and ambassadors of Colombia,” he has ordered Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia, in public, during the most recent council of ministers. “Any son of a worker can be an ambassador. Don’t like it? Because this is the government of change.” That order contradicts his campaign pr…