El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ha comentado este jueves, ya de vuelta en casa, la rápida (y tumultuosa) visita que ha realizado esta semana a Nueva York. Después de que la Administración de Donald Trump impidiera la reunión que tenía prevista con el alcalde de la ciudad, el demócrata progresista Zohran Mamdani, y que no pudiera celebrar una charla en Boston, el mandatario colombiano, a pocos días de la segunda vuelta que decidirá su sucesor, ha criticado al Gobierno de Estados Unidos. Tanto por vetar sus actos como por apoyar abiertamente al ultraderechista que ganó la primera vuelta de las presidenciales, Abelardo de la Espriella.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro had planned to meet New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, during his trip to the United States this week. Petro traveled to the U.S. on Wednesday to assume the presidency of the United Nations Security Council. In the days that followed, he intended to hold a private meeting with Mamdani, a rising progressive figure who, like him, is a staunch opponent of Donald Trump. The photo of the two left-wing leaders carried great symbolic weight: for Mamdani it would have been his first meeting with a head of state; for Petro it would have meant sealing an alliance with Democrats on the eve of decisive elections for Colombia. The meeting never took place. The reason: the White House made sure of it.

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The crowd at Madison Square Garden was forlorn as the New York Knicks fell far behind in Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals. After they won, it was electric.

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The State Department canceled President Gustavo Petro’s visa last year after he attended a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan. He had planned to attend a forum led by Mayor Mamdani of New York.

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Hours before Wednesday’s game began, James Dolan, the owner of the Knicks, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani were publicly battling over who was to blame for the cancellation.

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