During his visit to the San Juan Bosco Indigenous Educational Institution, in the capital of Amazonas, the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, confirmed that the region and the entire country must learn to generate development mechanisms for the progress of communities and , at the same time, the protection of the Amazon rainforest.
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Beyond the announcements made by the president about the care of the Amazon, the need to reach that region with higher education and the potential that the department has, An event that occurred during his speech caught our attention.
When Petro was talking about the bioeconomy, one of the objectives of the National Government for the care of the world’s lungs, A Colombian flag fell on his head.
“Don’t let Colombia fall” Petro said surprised by the event.
It was reported that the flag fell after a person who was next to the president at the lectern fainted, so the flag then fell on the president’s head.
seeing the situation, Petro suspended his intervention on the Amazon and helped lift the person who was on the floor.
Here is the video of what happened:
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