Colombia just elected Gustavo Petro as the country’s first leftist president and environmental activist Francia Márquez Mina as the country’s first Black vice president. They have promised social and environmental justice and peace. Their proposed platform includes universal health care, public education and banking, and rejecting proposals to expand fracking and mining in favor of investing in clean energy, and land reform. And they want the 4,000 richest Colombians – and richest companies – to pay taxes as the rest…
Election of activist presidential team to combat structural violence in Colombia
