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Judi Lynn

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Fri Jun 29, 2018, 01:57 PM Jun 2018

Duque returns to Washington, this time as Colombia's president-elect


by Adriaan Alsema June 28, 2018

Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque on Thursday held his first formal trip to Washington DC, the city where he spent years working as yet another anonymous official.

Many in Colombia hardly knew Duque until recently either; until half a year ago he was the guy sitting next to Alvaro Uribe, the former president who is investigated for murder, in his country’s senate.

But Colombia elected the 41-year-old heir of a political dynasty president and Duque returned to his former city not to return to his boring nine-to-five job at the Inter-American Development Bank, but to meet with the big shots of US foreign politics as his country’s future head of state.

The trip, though, appeared to be more about Venezuela than Colombia, where Duque will be put in charge of an ongoing peace process in August and drug trafficking is doing better than ever.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/duque-returns-to-washington-this-time-as-colombias-president-in-chief/
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Duque returns to Washington, this time as Colombia's president-elect (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP
Yayo included? sandensea Jun 2018 #1
Too bad there won't be a transcript of their brilliant conversation, right? Judi Lynn Jun 2018 #2

Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
2. Too bad there won't be a transcript of their brilliant conversation, right?
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 11:46 PM
Jun 2018

Two giant intellects "brainstorming" about what to steal next, and who to assassinate.

No doubt Cheeto will be waiting to greet the limo, with an expectant look on his face like a dog waiting for treats he knows are on the way. He might be so wired he will forget to go for the hand crunching handshake bullying tactic.

I remember the State of the Union speech in which his nose whistled and snorted throughout and people started talking about him and his conspicuous habit.

Remember he has proclaimed he has never let a cigarette or a drink of alcohol touch his nasty lips. That's because he didn't have time to work them in among his really stupid, bizarre obsessions.

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