Cepeda threatens ‘civil disobedience’ unless Colombia’s president-elect renounces US citizenship
Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda, who lost Colombia’s presidential runoff, announced on Tuesday that he will resort to “peaceful civil disobedience” against the incoming government of Abelardo de la Espriella if the president-elect does not renounce his US citizenship and clarify a series of questions before taking office on August 7. The Pacto Histórico leader, from the party of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, urged his voters to join the measure, which he described as not recognizing the new president’s authority. Read MoreMercoPressPolitics, Latin America
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