This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchler.

This is CBS Eye on the World. I'm John Batchler, a tour through Brazil, Colombia, and Chile

with congressional Democrats and staffers, including Bacazio Cortez of New York and a chief

of staff from Senator Bernie Sanders. This is not a co-dell. It is, however, the subject

of a revelatory column by Maria Anastasia Grady, the America's editor and columnist for the

Wall Street Journal editorial board. Maria, I want to emphasize, again and again, as you

say in your column, this is not and was not a co-dell. And the political article that

says it was a co-dell was misinformed. What is the significance of it? Of emphasizing

it was not a co-dell. Good evening to you, Mary.

Well, good evening, John. A congressional delegation is normally, first of all, bipartisan.

There are members of Congress from both parties, and it's paid for by the taxpayer. This

was purely a democratic party excursion, and it was not paid for by taxpayers. It was,

as I described in my column, more like ideological tourism. They chose, I believe, Brazil,

Colombia, and Chile, because those three countries have very hard left presidents. So I think

the expectation was that they would go to these places and be very well received because

they have a lot in common ideologically.

Let us begin north, Colombia. Colombia is deeply troubled by drugs, yes, by recovery from

the COVID, by the president himself. Mr. Petro, he's not as nearly as popular now as he

was when he was elected. In fact, I think his approval rating is upside down from when

he was elected. He also is a former terrorist who has said nothing or done nothing over

the years to repudiate his previous colleagues nor his conduct in the 20th century. So what

was it that the congressional members and staffers hope to achieve by standing with a man

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