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Even Colombia's VP forgets who her country's real leader is
by Adriaan Alsema November 20, 2018
Colombia’s vice-president embarrassed President Ivan Duque on Monday, mistakenly saying that the government is led by controversial former President Alvaro Uribe, Duque’s political patron.
While speaking at a summit of the country’s mayors, VP Marta Lucia Ramirez said praised the quality of “the national government under the leadership of President Uribe, of President Duque, pardon me.”
The blunder of Martinez, a long-time ally of Uribe, further spurs speculation about who really is in control of Colombia’s government, the president or his political patron.
While campaigning to become president earlier this year, even Duque himself referred to Uribe as Colombia’s “eternal president.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/not-even-colombias-vp-knows-who-her-countrys-real-leader-is/