Senator María Fernanda Cabal spoke with, De. He did it to talk about the surprise help given by former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez to the incoming chancellor, Laura Sarabia, although they are in totally opposite poles from the political point of view.
“The information that I have is that the president (Álvaro) Urib -Balart, the representative to the Chamber that today occupies an important position because it is in the Committee of Appropriations of the House of Representatives, which is the one that defines financial aid to countries such as Colombia, through assistance in its different agencies ” , said the Colombian congressman and presidential candidate with a view to the 2026 elections in Colombia.
“We know that he also had contact with Senator Rubio (Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States, the new head of American diplomacy), and here in Florida there are some activists who maintain very close relations. He had to make contact with Bernie Moreno, who left Senator. It is the brother of Luis Alberto Moreno (former president of the Inter -American Development Bank) and all these relationships of trust will serve in a moment of crisis like this, ”he added.
According to Senator María Fernanda Cabal, what is behind, from former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, is “a lesson for the love of Colombia.” In fact, he recalled that former President Uribe sought political closeness, “lay a bridge” with the government, when most Colombians rejected the plebiscite on the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC. “You have to applaud to (Ex) President Uribe.”
“1. The news of the serious problem with the United States was learned; 2. The Democratic Center party published a statement in networks, which corresponded to me to write; 3. A third person called me, who has no participation in politics, told me that Mrs. Chancellor urgently needed to talk to me. I told him to make a communication of the three (Three Line). Mrs. Chancellor told me that they already had a solution they were consulting, that he had read our statement. I said, hopefully, the theme required an urgent solution. The communication ended, ”said former President Uribe regarding his approach with Laura Sarabia, and As the newspaper He revealed that he was helping the government to lower tensions with the United States, despite the president’s trills, Gustavo Petroin the early hours of the previous Sunday.
“I thank several members of the Foreign Relations Advisory Commission, unions and associations for their opinions. As in this situation, I will continue to call for efforts to strengthen the common purpose, beyond domestic agendas, and advance in the management of this situation, which still follows its course, ”Laura Sarabia wrote about the particular.
The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, refused Sunday to allow the landing of US military flights with deportees and demanded “worthy” conditions as not to handcuff the repatriated, which triggered an ephemeral diplomatic crisis with tariff threats. After hours of tension, Bogotá closed the dispute by accepting the terms of the Republican and sent two official aircraft to the US cities of San Diego and Houston on Monday.
Apart from these approaches, the Colombian Foreign Ministry issued this statement:
“In monitoring of the advances achieved after the resolution of the impasse between the governments of Colombia and the United States, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Gilberto Murillo; The Colombian ambassador to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, and the special envoy of the United States Government for Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Carone, held a high-level meeting in Washington DC to strengthen the agreements reached and advance in its implementation .
During the meeting, the details of the agreement made by both countries were reviewed last Sunday, January 26, and after the arrival of flights with the first group of deported Colombians, following the established protocols, the common interpretations and the steps to the steps were defined continue.
The Colombian government reiterates its commitment to dialogue for diplomatic channels as the essential route for the relationship with the United States.
