Colombian President Gustavo Petro to Uribe and Duque: Problems cannot be solved by assassination

Published at: 31/01/2025 10:37 PM

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, rejected the continuous calls to assassinate the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, made by former New Granada leaders Álvaro Uribe and Iván Duque, who have actively participated in planning violent actions against the peace of their neighbors.

Petro, through his account on the social network X, said: “Have we had presidents who order the assassination of their neighboring presidents? If they do that to their neighbors, what won't they do to the Colombian people? Problems are not solved by killing; on the contrary, they become permanent and profound.”

This was stated by Petro, in response to the comment of a user of the aforementioned social network, who said that the American mercenary Jordan Goudreau, renowned leader of the failed “Operation Gideon” that sought to overthrow the President of Venezuela, “revealed in an interview with W Radio that Iván Duque and Álvaro Uribe participated in the plot by attending meetings, where they demanded the assassination of Maduro”.

In this regard, the Colombian president recalled that, before leaving power, Duque promoted a law that would prevent Petro from accessing State secrets, so he had to obtain important information through his means.

“I remember that Duque even wanted to pass a law that would not allow me access to State secrets as President of the Republic, and he succeeded. I had to discover by my own means that they had illegally introduced the Pegasus software to Colombia. This killing someone who is different is nothing more than fascism,” he said in another message.

Documents that have been made public have demonstrated the active participation of Urib and Duque in planning violent actions against the Venezuelan people, their political authorities and their institutions.

Mazo News Team