Outgoing president of Colombia Gustavo Petro held a press conference on Monday in which he again claimed, against all public evidence, that the Colombian presidential election was “stolen” by President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, warning that “civil war” could erupt if the normal inauguration process continues.
De la Espriella, an outsider lawyer who ran a campaign promising a return to conservative policies and alignment with the United States after four years of Petro’s radical leftist rule, won the June runoff election handily against Petro’s hand-picked candidate, Sen. Iván Cepeda. Cepeda rapidly conceded defeat and international observers celebrated the election as one of the world’s cleanest. American Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)...
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