Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been the target of memes in recent hours over an individual’s misconduct. On Monday evening, about his Latin America”.

Petro confused Isabel Allende Bussi with the famous writer Isabel Allende Llona.

The writer Allende is a relative of the overthrown president, as she is the daughter of Tomás Allende, the president’s cousin.

Augusto Pinochet led the coup that led to the suicide of Salvador Allende in 1973

For that reason, the president deleted the message and then published a new message that read: “With Isabel Allende, daughter of President Allende. “Isabel was at the Moneda Palace with her father on the day the army bombed the palace to overthrow Allende.”

“There she saw him for the last time, she took to the streets terrified and decided to denounce what had happened worldwide. Thousands of militants from the left and from workers’ and peasants’ organizations were killed, tortured and disappeared,” the president added in his new message.

Petro took part in commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup in Santiago on Monday.

Monday marked 50 years since General Augusto Pinochet led a coup against the government of Socialist President Salvador Allende (1970-1973), who committed suicide in the presidential palace of La Moneda before being captured by the army. (JO)