May 24, 2021
Colombia’s increasingly tyrannical President Ivan Duque appears to be losing control as more and more public officials are turning on the government.
Peace Commissioner Miguel Ceballos announced his resignation on Saturday while claiming that former President Alvaro Uribe, Duque’s informal boss, was illegally usurping the top official’s responsibilities.
In an interview with government-loyal newspaper El Tiempo, Ceballos accused Uribe of interfering with attempts to resume peace talks with guerrilla group ELN that were suspended by the president after taking office in 2018.
On two occasions, unfortunately, I was not consulted by former President Uribe in a couple of contacts he and his representatives had with the ELN…. A first during a trip to Cuba by one of his representatives… and a second time in which he met with Mr. Juan Carlos Cuellar, recently appointed peace manager.
Colombia’s anti-government protests | Part 3: the VP topples herself
May 13, 2021
Colombia’s president Ivan Duque disappeared Wednesday after students avenged weeks of police brutality with massive street parties and his vice-president literally toppled herself.
All Vice-President Marta Lucia Ramirez had to do was sit still while President Ivan Duque addressed a few dozen students who weren’t taking part in the peaceful uprising.
Ironically, the VP somehow managed to fall out of her chair, all but ruining the president’s illusion that his government was still firmly in control of the country.
Everybody but the few dozen people who saw Ramirez go down witnessed an unprecedented student uprising that made it evident that Duque had lost all control.
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