This afternoon it emerged that the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, would have ordered the removal of the Colombian ambassador in Buenos Airesdue to the recent statements of the president Javier Mileiwho called him a “terrorist murderer” during an interview with the media cnn. Meanwhile, Argentine diplomats who are in that country will be expelled.

The decision regarding the ambassador was not confirmed, but tonight The Colombian Foreign Ministry ordered the expulsion of all diplomats that are in the Argentine embassy. “The Government of Colombia orders the expulsion of diplomats from the Argentine embassy in Colombia. The scope of this decision will be communicated to the Argentine Embassy through diplomatic institutional channels,” says the published text.

During the report he gave to journalist Andrés Oppenheimer and which will be broadcast in full next Sunday, Milei was asked about the future Mexican elections (on June 2) and did not hesitate to respond harshly to the criticism he received from Andrés Manuel Lopez Operated: “It is a compliment, that an ignorant person like López Obrador speaks ill of me, it exalts me.”

In this framework, he also analyzed the institutional situation in Venezuela, described Cuba as a “prison island” and spoke about the president of Colombia. “You can’t expect much from someone who was a murderer, terrorist, communist”he expressed in relation to Petro.

Although the decision to withdraw the ambassador was not confirmed by the Colombian Government, the truth is that the relationship is not the best, given that there were already other occasions in which Milei spoke about Petro in harsh terms.

Milei vs. Petro: a recent precedent

Days ago, during his recent participation in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Milei spoke to the press and also referred to Petro then.

On that occasion he said that “A lethal plague for Colombians themselves is sinking to Colombians.”

After that statement, from Colombia they expressed their “strong rejection.” “Colombia rejects these disrespectful statementswhich are presented repeatedly, which deteriorate the historical ties of friendship between the two nations and represent an offense for the dignity of the President of the Republic of Colombia democratically elected by the people,” states a statement published on the embassy website.

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