Colombia president provokes disgust by posing with bodies of ‘terrorists’
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Abelardo De La Espriella posts video of himself with rows of body bags as performative populism continues to sweep AmericasColombia’s hardline president, Abelardo De La Espriella, has provoked outrage after posting a video on social media in which he strides through rows of white body bags that he says contained the corpses of 23 “neutralised” guerrillas.De La Espriella took power last month vowing “all-out war” against illegal armed groups and he published the footage on Thursday in an apparent attempt to show he was fulfilling that pledge. Continue reading…
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