Germán Vargas Lleras died | Present
Former Vice President Germán Vargas Lleras died at 64 within the metropolis of Bogotá after a number of well being issues that stored him away from the political scene for a number of months.
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In that interval of pause, Vargas Lleras had undergone a number of surgical interventions and even traveled to the United States to obtain specialised medical care.
However, within the midst of the pause in his public life, The former vice president reappeared in an advertising video in which he invited people to vote for the Radical Change lists in the legislative elections on March 8.
What was recognized in regards to the state of well being of Germán Vargas Lleras?
Amid the uncertainty over his state of well being, former President Álvaro Uribe spoke out by way of his social networks on March 11: “My greatest wishes for the health of Dr. Germán Vargas Lleras, a superior patriot that I recognize with disagreements of circumstances”.
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The then presidential candidate of the ‘Great Consulta for Colombia’, Juan Carlos Pinzón, additionally spoke out: “Germán, his leadership, his character, his knowledge of Colombia, his depth in what has to do with the affairs of the State are lacking in Colombian politics at this moment, and his strong and forceful positions are lacking at this moment.”
On March 18, after a gathering of the Senate and Chamber benches of the Radical Change occasion to review who they’d help within the presidential elections on May 31, Senator Carlos Fernando Motoa had offered an replace on the previous minister’s well being standing.
“Germán Vargas Lleras is recovering (…) that information was transmitted by Germán’s own brother, Enrique Vargas,” he mentioned on the time.
Senator Carlos Abraham Jiménez, of the Radical Change occasion, additionally spoke at the moment in regards to the state of well being of former vice chairman Vargas Lleras and pure head of the group.
“We are very happy. We received the medical report and this week he has to return home from the recovery he is experiencing. The party is filled with great joy,” Senator Jiménez mentioned that very same day.
