Diplomatic relations between Colombia and Argentina have sunk to a new low after President Milei described his Colombian counterpart as a “terrorist murderer, a communist”.
Colombia recalled its ambassador from Buenos Aires in protest on Wednesday and ordered the expulsion of Argentina’s ambassador to Bogotá.
Milei has long had a fractious relationship with President Petro of Colombia. In November, shortly after the ultra-libertarian Milei won the presidency, the left-wing Petro tweeted that it was “a sad day for Latin America”.
Milei, famous for vitriolic outbursts against his opponents, also used an interview with CNN last Sunday to describe the left-wing President López Obrador of Mexico as “ignorant.” He said Israel had committed “no excesses” in its war in Gaza. Petro, in contrast, has threatened to
