Former minister says Colombia’s President Petro addicted to drugs, provides no proof - Latin America Reports

Associated Press BOGOTA (AP) — A group of opposition lawmakers is asking the Colombian Congress to approve the creation of a medical commission to report on the health of President Gustavo Petro, after a former foreign minister publicly alleged that he suffers from drug addiction problems. Christian Garcés, a lawmaker with the opposition Democratic Center, published the formal request Thursday for specialized doctors to determine whether Petro “…

Former Colombian senator Gustavo Bolívar, current director of the Administrative Department for Social Prosperity (DPS) denounced a systematic attempt to “soft coup” against President Gustavo Petro, in response to recent accusations by former chancellor Alvaro Leyva. In an interview with TVSUR, Bolívar harshly questioned the attitude of former officials who criticize the government only after leaving office. READ ALSO: President of Colombia call…

Ex-Foreign Minister Rocks Colombia with Claim Pro-Cocaine President Is a Drug Addict

Former Foreign Minister of Colombia Álvaro Leyva claimed that far-left President Gustavo Petro suffers from drug addiction.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this Wednesday that he is addicted to love, in response to former chancellor Álvaro Leyva who accused him of having a problem with drugs that he claims to have verified himself during an official visit of the president to France in June 2023.

BOGOTÁ (AP) — A group of opposition congressmen asked the Colombian Congress to approve the creation of a medical commission to report on the state of health of President Gustavo Petro, after an ex-canciller publicly denounced that he suffers from alleged problems of drug addiction.The opposition legislator Centro Democrático, Christian Garcés, published on Thursday the formal request for specialized doctors to determine whether Petro “is in a p…

Former minister says Colombia’s President Petro addicted to drugs, provides no proof - Latin America Reports

Colombia’s former Minister of Foreign Relations, Álvaro Leyva, shared an open letter on April 23 through his personal social media accounts in which he denounced that president Gustavo Petro was addicted to drugs.  According to Leyva, he found out about the president’s alleged drug addiction during an official visit to Paris, during which Petro presumably “disappeared for two days […] as if the French intelligence service was incompetent and wou…