US Ambassador asked Colombians not to get involved in US elections – Government – Politics

Eight days after the elections in the United States, the United States Ambassador to Colombia, Philip S. Goldberg, made a harsh statement referring to Colombian politicians and urged them to avoid getting involved in the elections in the North American country.

(We suggest: They point to Uribismo trying to influence US elections.)

In a trill, Goldberg, who came to the country in this diplomatic post in September 2019, wrote: “The success of US-Colombian relations over many years has been based on bipartisan support. I urge all Colombian politicians to avoid getting involved in US elections.”

This is Goldberg’s first pronouncement in this regard.

On Saturday, the US ambassador issued a statement reiterating the strong bilateral relationship between the two countries. “Colombia has no greater ally than the United States, and the United States does not have a better or more capable partner and ally in the region. We remain firm in our commitment to this alliance and to the people of Colombia,” he said.

Even in the statement, the US applauded Colombia “for its impressive results in the fight against illicit narcotics, especially for its achievements in scaling up coca eradication activities and the unprecedented seizures of cocaine and coca paste. Coke”.

This statement adds to the harsh opinion column published this Saturday by ‘CNN’, of two Democratic congressmen who ask Colombian politicians to stop intervening in the US presidential elections and warn that the bipartisan support with which they has always counted the country is at risk if that trend continues.

Some of the Colombian politicians who have made continuous interventions on their electoral preferences are Gustavo Petro, María Fernanda Cabal and Carlos Felipe Mejía, through their social networks.

(In context: ‘Intervention of Colombian politicians in elections is shameful’)

This harsh comment by the ambassador becomes relevant because it has caused controversy after former President Juan Manuel Santos revealed that officials of the government of President Iván Duque are “offering help” for the re-election in the United States of current President Donald Trump.

Likewise, the WLRN medium published an extensive report at the end of September entitled ‘Is Colombia interfering in the US elections in Florida with the tactics that it exported to Florida?’, In which it concluded that members of the Democratic Center party influence the decision of the United States voters in favor of the re-election of President Donald Trump and against the so-called “socialist” Joe Biden.

(Further: The fight for the Colombian vote in Florida, which may be key)

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