The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, mourned this Sunday the death of former US president Jimmy Carter, a “democrat” who he met “personally years ago” and who helped “the elections will not be stolen” in the South American country.
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“I met him personally years ago, when I was being persecuted in Colombia and he lent me his solidarity, and then he helped to ensure that the elections were not stolen from us. I must express my condolences to his family. A democrat has died,” wrote Petro on his X account.
Former United States President Jimmy Carter Elected in 1976 and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, he died at the age of 100 in his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family, confirmed the Carter Center in a statement.
Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who was at home in palliative care and voted in last November’s election, had received treatment from an aggressive form of melanoma skin cancer, with tumors that had spread to the liver and brain.
The last time Carter visited Colombia was in 2013, during the Government of Juan Manuel Santos, to address issues of anti-drug policy and the peace process in the country.
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However, his relationship with the South American country dates back to the 70s, when during his Administration he sent letters to the Colombian leaders of the moment, Alfonso López Michelsen and Julio César Turbay, to discuss, among other issues, his concern about the rise of drug trafficking.
EFE
