Gustavo Petro appears in new video of Trump against Biden and ‘Castrochavismo’

Controversy has generated the publication of a video on the YouTube channel of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in which the Colombian senator Gustavo Petro appears for a moment. In the fragment, Petro is seen supporting the Democratic candidate for the presidency of that country, Joe Biden.

The international controversy is again due to the aggressive campaign between both contenders. This time, Trump accused Joe Biden of supporting ‘Castro-Chavism’, an argument that has become his ‘workhorse’ to counter the Democrats and incidentally to point to Petro.

The video, titled “Castrochavismo”, accuses Biden of attacking the democracy of the North American giant and being the “candidate” of that movement. Apparently this audiovisual product would be especially aimed at the Spanish-speaking community residing in the United States.

At the beginning of the video, Petro is heard saying, “I would vote for Biden without a doubt.” At the same time a sign appears with a particular and incriminating phrase: “Gustavo Petro supports Biden.”

The arguments for calling Biden the Castro-Chavez candidate are based, according to the video, on the fact that during Biden’s vice-presidential mandate “he turned his back on Nicaraguans,” he turned over funds to the Castros in Cuba and had alleged rapprochements with Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela.

Trump, the candidate who will defeat socialism?

The video assures that “Biden is too weak” and that with Trump, the country will defeat the Castro-Chavistas, immediately afterwards, a sign appears with a voice-over of the US president in which it is stated: “America will never be a socialist country ”.

The previous pronouncement shows Trump as the ‘savior’ of the United States. The audiovisual product was published after last Sunday Trump lashed out at Petro and called him “A GREAT LOSER.” The message was given in the context of the release order for Álvaro Uribe, whom Trump profusely congratulated.

In a matter of minutes, Senator Gustavo Petro himself quoted the president’s tweet and added the message “Save this trill.”

Congratulations to Uribe

Through an effusive message on Twitter, the president of the United States Donald Trump celebrated the decision of the Colombian justice, at the head of a guarantee control judge, who on Saturday morning delivered the verdict that freed former president and senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez, in the process that is being followed for alleged manipulation of witnesses.

On the news of the day in Colombia, the North American president wrote:

“Congratulations to former President Álvaro Uribe, a hero, former recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and an ally of our country in the fight against Castro-Chavismo! I will always support our Colombian friends “

The award Trump is referring to is Presidential Medal of the Freedom, a decoration awarded by the President of the United States and equivalent to the Congressional Gold Medal. It is considered the highest mention that a civilian can receive, and it was awarded to Álvaro Uribe in 2009, during the presidency of George W. Bush. In that year, Uribe shared the honor with the likes of Tony Blair, Ted Kennedy and Stephen Hawking.

Reactions to the decision

Supporters and detractors of the former president of Colombia, former senator Álvaro Uribe Velez They reacted to his release order, which was issued by a Judge 30 of the Control of Guarantees of Bogotá this Saturday, October 10.

The main argument to determine this decision was that an investigation cannot be equated to an indictment and that, therefore, the former president, deprived of his liberty on his estate ‘El Ubérrimo’, would be immediately released due to a case of procedural fraud and manipulation of witnesses

Furthermore, he pointed out the difference that a different measure of deprivation of liberty means in the two systems and they are not comparable. In turn, it highlights that there are non-custodial measures that can be applied.

The decision has elicited reactions from supporters and detractors of the former president. Opinions vary from criticism or praise for the change of court, the role of the delegate prosecutor Gabriel Ramón Jaimes, among other versions.

The first to speak was Álvaro Uribe himself, who from his Twitter account briefly celebrated the decision with a “Thank God”, a trill that has already reached thousands of interactions.

The senator for Colombia Humana, Gustavo Bolívar, expressed that he respects the judge’s decision and that, however, this cannot be confused with an acquittal of the charges for which the former president is being investigated.

Iván Cepeda, who would have been questioned in the first place for manipulating witnesses against Uribe in this same case, spoke via Twitter expressing his respect for justice but announcing that he will appeal the decision of Judge 30 of Control of Guarantees.

“We do not share that decision, of course, and we are going to appeal it. Above all, it seems very serious to us that the prosecutor Gabriel Jaimes has developed a free political act in this action. His partiality is evident “stated the senator.