Regalos de Navidad
Por Alberto Velásquez Martínez - [email protected]

TL;DR
- Colombian mothers are grieving kidnapped or massacred soldiers during Christmas.
- Two former ministers, accused of embezzlement, were jailed as a year-end "gift" for the president.
- The government offered an "unconstitutional" economic emergency decree.
- Fugitive Carlos Ramón González attended a party at the Colombian Embassy in Nicaragua.
- The president's approval ratings remain high despite government scandals.
- Economic growth is partly attributed to private initiative and increased public spending, which has also raised inflation and external debt.
- Fitch Ratings lowered Colombia's rating due to the uncontrolled spending and increased debt.
- External factors, specifically the U.S. president's actions and rhetoric towards Colombia, are influencing public opinion.
- The U.S. president's actions are seen as victimizing President Petro and exacerbating anti-American sentiment, paradoxically benefiting the Colombian left.
- The U.S. president's behavior is compared to Theodore Roosevelt's "I took Panamá" in 1903.
- The U.S. president's actions are described as aiding the far-left opposition in Colombia.