The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, responded to Colombian President Gustavo Petro after the leader spread a false accusation against Argentina on social media regarding the supposed record increase in its external debt during the government of Javier Milei.
Petro had shared a post from RTVC Noticias claiming that Argentina had reached a historic record of external debt of over 320 billion dollars, while Colombia was supposedly making progress in paying its commitments to the International Monetary Fund. Following that post, the Colombian president wrote: “While Argentina shoots up its external debt, Colombia not only fully pays its debt to the IMF but also reduces the total of its external debt.”
The Argentine economy minister replied to the Colombian leader that “the correct thing is to look at the total debt” and argued that Petro avoids that data to conceal the significant increase in internal debt in TES, that is, Treasury bills, during his own administration.
“Dear President @petrogustavo, the correct thing is to look at the total debt, which I suspect you avoid to hide that internal debt in TES has risen exorbitantly during your term,” Caputo wrote on X.
