When Gustavo Petro reviews in a week everything he experienced during his first year in charge of Colombia, he will feel exhausted.. Much noise and little progress for the “Government of change”, the same one that promised new ways of doing politics and an iron fight against corruption.

The first anniversary of Petro in Casa de Nariño thus comes with the outbreak of the most serious scandal of a surprising list, which also has his eldest son as the protagonist. A torpedo to the waterline of the Historical Pact, punctuated by disagreements and struggles that have also affected his popularity: from 20% disapproval at the beginning of his term to the current 61%, according to Invamer. And with 70% of citizens convinced that the country is getting worse.

Yesterday the weight of history fell on the 74th Court of Guarantee Control of Bogotá, after the first arrest of the son of an acting president. The Prosecutor's Office, after five months of investigations, accuses deputy Nicolás Petro, 37, and his ex-wife, Day Vásquez, of illicit enrichment and money laundering.

The judge must decide in the next few hours whether to prosecute the couple and whether they remain in pretrial detention, in a case revealed in March by Semana magazine that can carry sentences of up to 30 years in prison, according to local media..

“The seizure measure is not illegal, but it could be a hasty action. This is important, understanding the political dispute between the prosecutor and Petro,” columnist David González Escobar explained to EL MUNDO, after criticism from the ruling party..

Vásquez herself confessed to the weekly that Nicolás kept a billion pesos from his father's campaign, which he himself had obtained from two obscure characters: the former drug trafficker Santa Lopesierra, alias the Marlboro Man, who was imprisoned in the United States and Alfonso Hilsaca, alias El Turco, once linked to paramilitary groups.

The magazine also revealed thousands of WhatsApp conversations between the two, which exposed various corruptions.. “As a person and a father, so much self-destruction and the fact that one of my children goes to jail hurts me a lot,” reacted the president, who above all announced that he is not willing to put pressure on the Prosecutor's Office, an attitude pondered by his allies and collaborators.

Allied support

Petro received the immediate support of his closest allies, such as Gustavo Bolívar, candidate for mayor of the capital for the Historical Pact. “Nicolás Petro is the first son of a president to go to jail, but not because the sons of other presidents have not committed crimes, but because no other president allows Justice to act independently and without pressure as Petro does,” he said. Bolivar.

“The arrest of Nicolás Petro is very serious and affects Petro's legitimacy,” summed up political scientist Mauricio Jaramillo. A legitimacy that opponents question, but that for its vice president, Francia Márquez, has screwed thanks to her “righteousness” in the response.

The media followed the news as if it were the World Cup final, minute by minute. When Vásquez provided the information that blamed her ex-husband months ago, the leaked wasap audios became a trending social topic.

“A good moment to remember that Nicolás Petro is not only Petro's son: he was also his political operator, he was his candidate for Governor of the Atlantic placed by him and one of the key leaders of his campaign on the coast, which was the region who decided the elections in the second round. There is political responsibility,” said González Escobar.

The other mainstay in Petro's campaign, especially in the transcendental coastal zone, was Armando Benedetti, former Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, promoter of the whitening of the Chavista dictatorship and protagonist of the other great scandal of the Administration of Change: his personal scuffle and politician with the former head of the Office of the Presidency, Laura Sarabia, caused the dismissal of both, despite being their two closest collaborators.

An indirect consequence of the scandal is that Petro could be disqualified, “due to a conflict of interest”, when proposing a shortlist to replace the prosecutor, who is on his way out, recalls González Escobar.

Ukraine managed to attack the skyscraper district of Moscow on the night of Saturday to Sunday. Some glass panels in a high-rise building were blown into the air, with glass and debris littering part of the pavement below after a major detonation, videos shared on social media showed.. There were no casualties, but the Muscovites woke up again with the concern to see that the war that their government started returns with more force and impudence.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that three drones were involved in the attack on Moskva-city. The business district, located a few kilometers from the Kremlin, is known for its modern high-rise towers, and one of the damaged buildings housed three ministries of the Russian government, as well as exclusive residential apartments.. The area is an important meeting point on weekends with its expensive bars and restaurants.

As usual every time there is an attack on Russian soil, Ukraine avoided claiming responsibility for the action although several Kiev spokespersons ironized about the flying objects over the Russian sky. The Russian Defense Ministry said it shot down three Ukrainian drones early Sunday that were trying to attack Moscow.. But the fact that enemy drones have begun to reach the heart of the Russian capital in recent months, even if they do not cause serious damage, is embarrassing for the narrative of the authorities, who present the war against Ukraine as a “special military operation”. ” without consequences for Russian households. The main Russian television channels did not report on the matter, but social networks hardly talked about other things.

kyiv already managed to attack Moscow with two drones last Monday, one of which was shot down near the Defense Ministry headquarters.. Two drones arrived at the very Kremlin in May, it was the most serious incident of its kind.

View of a damaged office block of the Moscow International Business Center. ALEXANDER NEMENOV | AFP

This time there was minor damage to the facade of two office buildings in the Moskva-City business district, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, adding that no one was injured, but emergency services told the TASS agency that a security guard at the Oko-2 tower had to be treated for the spectacular explosion. The ground was covered with documents from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Communications, which have offices in these facilities.

In the attacked building, glass was broken from the first to the fourth floor. In one of the neighborhood's high-rise buildings, several windows were broken on the fifth and sixth floors, local media reported.

The Defense Ministry said only two drones crashed in the Moskva-City district after being shot down using radio-electronic equipment.. Air defenses had shot down a third over the Odintsovo residential neighborhood in the Moscow region.. As a result of the attack, the Vnukovo airport in the capital, the one used by Vladimir Putin for his trips, was closed for departures and arrivals.

nuclear attack

Former Russian President Dimitri Medvedev believes Moscow would have to use a nuclear weapon if kyiv's ongoing counter-offensive proves successful.. Medvedev, who is vice president of the Russian Security Council, has already raised the threat of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine.

Putin's predecessor and former successor said in a message on his official social media accounts that Russia would be forced to resort to its own nuclear doctrine in such a scenario: “Imagine if the offensive, which is backed by NATO, was a success.” and tear up a part of our land, then we would be forced to use a nuclear weapon in accordance with the rules of a decree of the President of Russia.”

Medvedev was referring to Russia's nuclear doctrine, which states that nuclear weapons can be used in response to aggression against Russia carried out with conventional weapons that threaten the existence of the state.

“There would simply be no other option,” added Medvedev, who believes that “our enemies should pray” for the success “of our fighters” since “they are making sure that a global nuclear fire is not ignited.”

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The war in Ukraine continues and in the last few hours there have been attacks by both sides in both Russia and Ukraine. The latest, an attack by Ukrainian drones that has damaged a police station in the Russian region of Briansk, on the border with Ukraine, without causing casualties, as announced by the regional governor, Alexandre Bogomaz.

“Ukrainian forces attacked the Trubchevsk district overnight,” Bogomaz wrote on Telegram.. “A drone hit the police station in this district. There were no victims,” he says, adding that the windows and roof of the building have been damaged.

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