“At least I don’t drag down people’s human rights.”
The Nicaraguan dictator called the presidents of Colombia and Brasil “toadies” for having cast doubt on the election results in Venezuela.
HAVANA TIMES – Colombian president Gustavo Petro declared on Tuesday, August 27, that “at least” his government doesn’t drag down “the people’s human rights,” as his Nicaraguan equivalent Daniel Ortega does. The day before, Ortega had disparaged him with a common slur, accusing him of defending the interests of the US government in Latin America by refusing to recognize the results of the Venezuelan elections.
“Daniel Ortega called us [Petro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil] ‘toadies,’ just because we want a peaceful, negotiated, and democratic solution in Venezuela,” expressed the Colombian leader on his social media account.
On Monday, August 26, Ortega stated that he sees Gustavo Petro “competing” with Brazil’s elected leader Lula to “represent” the United States in Latin America.
“Petro – What can I say to Petro? Poor Petro, Poor Petro. I see Petro like he’s competing with Lula to see which leader will represent the yankees in Latin America,” Ortega declared during a virtual summit with the heads of state of ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America.
“That’s how I see Petro, but poor Petro logically doesn’t have the strength that Brazil has,” added Nicaragua’s authoritarian ruler, who criticized his colleagues for refusing to recogni
