“You Are a Stateless Person”: Petro Returns to Trine Against De La Espriella

El Pais

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Petro raises the tone against De la Espriella: “You are a stateless person” The ultra-rightist insinuates that Ivan Cepeda seeks to cover up a criminal plan to assassinate him The president orders to strengthen the security of the two candidates

La Silla Vacía

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In a series of trinos, President Gustavo Petro attacked presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella for a video from more than a year ago in which he asked the United States to withdraw visas to “the political allies” of the president and to open legal proceedings against them. Petro mixed various qualifiers and themes. He began by calling him “a stateless person,” accusing him of aligning himself with the “genocidal Netanyahu” and claiming …