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Colombia Offers Asylum to Ecuador's Opposition Leaders Following Noboa's Blacklist Leak
April 17, 2025
Just hours after a leaked list—comprising 100 Ecuadorians who are de facto barred from leaving the country, including members of the leftist Citizen Revolution movement, critics of the Noboa government, and even journalists—became public, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that his government “will grant asylum to anyone who arrives on Colombian soil.”
On Wednesday, after acknowledging the existence of the blacklist of opposition leaders in Ecuador who are being persecuted, the head of state condemned the detention of electoral observes.
Link to tweet
Prior to this decision, the Colombian president refused to recognize the results of Ecuador’s National Electoral Council. “The Army directed the electoral process, the polling stations, and the vote count. There are no free elections under a state of siege,” Petro stated, while explaining that Colombia has electoral observers monitoring the process.
More:
https://orinocotribune.com/colombia-offers-asylum-to-ecuadors-opposition-leaders-following-noboas-blacklist-leak