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Petro vs De la Espriella Fiscal War | Colombia News
Former President Abelardo de la Espriella blasts Gustavo Petro’s fiscal legacy, calling it a “lamentable” mess of waste and corruption, citing ten trillion pesos spent in the final week of Petro’s term that worsened Colombia’s finances. Petro fires back, rejecting the claims and accusing De la Espriella of using debt to distract from his own administration’s achievements—highlighting a reduced deficit and lower debt-to-GDP ratio. De la Espriella unveils a “budget of truth” projecting 635 trillion pesos for 2027, with nearly half financed by debt, forcing 24 pesos out of every 100 toward…
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