The Lechonaone of the typical dishes par excellence of the department of Tolima and the country, It became the main protagonist of the Colombian Pavilion at the Universal Osaka 2025 Expo.
This was highlighted by the President Gustavo Petro During his official visit to Japan, noting that the Japanese and foreign public has made long lines to prove it and that, in his words, andto thousands of dishes have been sold within the fairgrounds, equivalent to 10 million tons of this dish.
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“The most famous dish of the entire fair turned out to be the milky. With the longest ranks. It is a better dish than sandwich, hamburger or hot dog, for modern eagerness times in the big city”Said the president in his social networks.
I have entered the Colombian pavilion at the Fair of the future of Osaka, Japan.
They criticized us their cost, and do you know what?
1,300,000 million people have entered the stand, 700 different classes of Colombian products have been sold; Only one: the avocados, we sold 11 … pic.twitter.com/a8gjlmkyuu
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
The head of state also stressed that the Colombian pavilion has received 1,300,000 visitors and has become a business space with tangible results. “700 different classes of Colombian products have been sold; Only in one, the avocados, 11 million dollars were achieved. In the business round two days ago agreements for $ 35 million“, accurate.
They question Lechona sales figures in Japan
Germán Ricaurte, an economist who was mayor of the town of Chapinero, in Bogotáhe questioned the Lechona sale balance that the head of state revealed on his social networks.
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In a trill, the economist showed a rule of three, made with The estimated price of 10 million tons of milky (750 billion pesos, according to their calculations) divided by the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country in 2024 (1,706 billion pesos)and whose result gave 43.94%.
10 million tons of milky equals 44% of Colombia’s GDP.
It is impossible for Petro to be an economist if he neither knows how to write a number. Did you study at San José? pic.twitter.com/9ye4izql34
– Germán Ricaurte (@german_ricaurte) SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
“10 million tons of milky equals 44% of Colombia’s GDP. It is impossible for Petro to be an economist if he neither knows how to write a number. Did you study at San José?“He mentioned, emphasizing the controversy following the choice of Juliana Guerrero as Vice Minister of Youthafter it was revealed that the knowledge pro test would not have done while studying in that institution, an indispensable requirement to obtain a professional degree.
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