TikTok using, elite-bashing, Hitler-praising candidate revels in his unruly behavior yet is now tied with his leftist opponent
When John Claro, an opposition councillor in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga, had a disagreement with the local mayor over a colleague’s misconduct, he was left with a red face and a ringing in his ear., the mayor can be seen quickly losing his temper, rising to his feet and unleashing a stream of profanities. Then, he steps forward, and slaps Claro hard in the face.“It seems to me that he is not mentally well,” Claro told the Guardian. “I consider him to be a sociopath.
But Petro, a former mayor of Bogotá, has also been accused of highhandedness, and his personal history alienates many in a conservative country where the left has long been tarred by association with the many guerrilla groups that have battled state forces and their paramilitary allies for decades. One of Hernández’s proposals on the campaign trail was to take any Colombian that had not been to either of its two coastlines to see the sea. He posted videos in which he posed shirtless with models brandishing a Catholic cross, or sprinkled salt over steak in the style ofHe has flip-flopped on a host of issues, walked out of interviews when they go where he doesn’t like, and promised an austere and protectionist state.
“We must remember that political culture, especially in Colombia, is marked by apathy; it is marked by dissatisfaction with politics and traditional politicians,” he said. “Rodolfo Hernández embodies the non-traditional politician, despite being now backed by traditional political clans. And his style is characteristic of this country’s culture of violence.”
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