This Wednesday, Gustavo Petrocandidate for the Presidency of Colombia, met with the pope at Vatican. The conversation they had did not focus on electoral issues, but on the environment and peace.
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Although the Supreme Pontiff usually has meetings with the presidents, not with the candidates for office, received the senator for 45 minuteswho gave him a typical Caribbean hammock, three vinyl records of Colombian music and three Colombian books, one of them: the reasons for the war by Jorge Orlando Melo.
The leader of the Human Colombia became, then, the first applicantand by the House of Nariño in stepping on papal territory.
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After the meeting between Francisco and Petro, his wife, Verónica Alcocer García, had the opportunity to greet the head of the Catholic Church.
It is evident that this meeting, added to the meeting with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez on January 10, which sparked controversy in various sectors, is intended to strengthen the candidate’s international agenda.
HOW WAS THE MEETING ACHIEVED?
It was learned that Gustavo Petro requested the appointment through normal channels through Luis Mariano Montemayor. The Argentine besides being Apostolic Nuncio in Bogotais a personal friend of His Holiness.
In fact, both share perspectiveyou go about peace In colombia. The Nuncio has discreetly sought rapprochement between the National Government and the ELN so that they sit down to negotiate.
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WILL THE POPE MEET WITH MORE CANDIDATES?
It was also known that the Supreme Pontiff would not only meet with the leader of Human Colombia, which has already taken place, but also with other candidates.
According to the Colombian ambassador to the Vatican, Pope Francisco “he is interested in the future of Colombia”so that “He is going to meet with all the presidential candidates who have requested it.”.
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According to El Tiempo, the former mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutierrez; and the former mayor of Bucaramanga, Rodolfo Hernandez.
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