{"id":458,"date":"2026-06-13T15:36:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=458"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:36:56","slug":"dem-lawmakers-condemn-trumps-attempts-to-influence-upcoming-colombian-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Dem Lawmakers Condemn Trump\u2019s Attempts to Influence Upcoming Colombian Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with <\/span><\/i><i><span>a donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> of any size.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=456\">The US May Not Have Troops on the Ground, But Venezuela\u2019s Government Is Occupied<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A group of Democratic members of the US Congress on Friday condemned President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers\u2019 attempts to influence the results of Colombia\u2019s upcoming presidential runoff, calling it an \u201cinsult\u201d to the Colombian people\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see actions by US President Donald Trump and other members of Congress to endorse, advocate for, or otherwise tip the scales to a particular candidate as detrimental to the democratic rights of the Colombian people,\u201d said the lawmakers, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). \u201cThe future of Colombia must be decided by the Colombian people \u2014 not American politicians with their own agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement came days after Trump publicly injected himself into Colombia\u2019s presidential contest by endorsing far-right candidate Abelardo De La Espriella, a 47-year-old defense lawyer who has pledged to \u201cdisembowel the left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results of this Election are very important to the future of Colombia and its relationship to the United States,\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social post earlier this month. \u201cBecause of his tremendous accomplishments in life, and his political support for me, personally, it is my Honor to give Abelardo my Complete and Total Endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US president said that if De la Espriella wins, he \u201cwill have the total support and strength of the United States behind him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Economic and Policy Research noted that \u201cthe implicit threat in Trump\u2019s endorsement of De la Espriella is that Colombians will be punished \u2014 through reduced aid, tariffs, sanctions, etc. \u2014 if they vote for a political leader not backed by the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=454\">Justice Department Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two Republican lawmakers, Rep. Mar\u00eda Salazar of Florida and Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio, have also endorsed De la Espriella. <em>The New York Times<\/em> reported that \u201cbefore Mr. Trump posted his full-throated endorsement of Mr. De La Espriella, Mr. Moreno held a call with reporters in which he said US officials had \u2018vetted\u2019 Mr. De La Espriella and found him to be \u2018impeccable.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De la Espriella will face leftist Sen. Iv\u00e1n Cepeda, an ally of incumbent President Gustavo Petro, in the June 21 presidential runoff.<\/p>\n<p>Petro has criticized his US counterpart for meddling in Colombia\u2019s presidential race, urging Trump in a recent social media post to \u201cnot intervene in the campaign and allow the people of Colombia to decide freely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever wins will maintain the friendship of more than two centuries between Colombia and the US,\u201d Petro added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Petro planned to meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during the Colombian leader\u2019s trip to the US, but \u201cthe Trump administration effectively nixed it in a behind-the-scenes effort,\u201d<em> The Washington Post <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Colombian government quietly called off the event following a meeting between US and Colombian officials in Bogot\u00e1 in which State Department officials made clear that this week\u2019s engagement was unacceptable, a move Colombian officials interpreted as a threat to arrest Petro on site if he proceeded,\u201d the newspaper revealed. \u201cA State Department official told The Washington Post that the visit would violatevisarestrictions the US imposed against Petro following his comments last year criticizing US support of Israel\u2019s war in Gaza and imploring US soldiers to disobey presidential orders to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=452\">The New School Guts Faculty and Staff as Higher Ed Intensifies Austerity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump endorsed far-right candidate Abelardo De La Espriella, who has pledged to \u201cdisembowel the left.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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