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Colombia's Petro under fire after calling female journalists 'dolls of the mafia'

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Colombia 's President Gustavo Petro called female journalists "dolls of the mafia" at inauguration of new human rights ombud.

Petro, the South American country's first -ever leftist president, has often bristled at criticism from the media.

Some say he has gone too far in a country where dozens of threats and attacks are reported against women reporters every year .

Reporters Without Borders describes Colombia as "one of the most dangerous countries on the continent for journalists".

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