A lot was said on social networks about an incident that took place at that time. President Gustavo Petro stood at the podium of the United Nations Organization as he prepared to begin his speech on September 19.
(You can read: Climate change and other keys from President Petro’s speech at the UN).
The president was ready to begin his second speech since becoming president. “I am honored to host Colombian President Gustavo Petro,” said Parliament Speaker Denis Francis.
But at that moment Earlier, there was a lot of confusion at the center after a five-minute break after United States President Joe Biden finished his speech.
Given the delay in people returning to their native places, Francis called for order several times before Colombia’s president could begin.
Peter remained silent as he waited for people to calm down, and Francis was heard angrily saying: “This is incredible.” He then banged the gavel on his table and ordered those present to “receive the speech of President Gustavo Petro Urrego.”
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Then there was silence in the room and the Colombian president began to speak.
What happened caused controversy between the President’s defenders and opponents.
Senator Jota Pe Hernández, for example, said harshly: “Petro is very upset because the world decides not to pay attention to him. Everyone realizes that this man is just talking, while Colombia is full of cocaine with high levels of insecurity, the economy, health, business and press freedom are threatened .
Colombia’s Ambassador to Mexico, Moíses Ninco Daza, said: “The words of @Petrogustavo’s historic speech at the UN, calling for an end to wars and reform of the global financial system, are already making various headlines in the press. Frankly speaking, he is still “Those who think they are not resting are living in a bubble.”
The speech focused on the climate crisis and the debt swap he proposed for climate action. He stated that the only way to deal with this situation is to reform the global financial system and prevent countries from continuing to borrow.
“If the debts of all countries are reduced and debt holders are paid, there will be a decrease in global public debt and a real increase in budgets and public funds with the IMF issuing Special Drawing Rights.” It was claimed.
Regarding immigration, he stated that this is the strongest indicator of the failure of the governments from which immigrants leaving their own lands come.
“People will head north, no longer interested in sequins of wealth, but in something simpler and more vital: water. Since the millennia-old beginning of humanity, people will go where some liquid water remains. That’s right. Billions of dollars that will defy armies and change the Earth,” he said.
The head of state emphasized that the exodus of citizens around the world “gives a full measure of the extent of the failure of governments.” The past year has been a period of defeat of governments, defeat of humanity. Migration across borders has increased”.When it came to drugs, he mentioned fentanyl.
“Gentlemen, they sowed the seeds of injustice, by arresting peasants who grew marijuana and coca leaves, instead of facing the loneliness experienced by the youth of their own country, the countries with the greatest economic and military power in human history, I was forced to take the drug of death: fentanyl,” the president said.
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