A Defeat and a Journey Leave the Government in Suspense

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On the same day that the Senate had to make a decision that President Gustavo Petro described as defining for the remaining year of government, the Colombian president boarded a plane to Japan. His visit to Expo Osaka 2025 coincided with a vote in which the leftist politician suffered a defeat that he himself has magnified, stating that in it “we Colombians played if we advance to a full democracy or return to the years of crime from the state a…