As we celebrate the historic presidential victory of Francia Marquez and Gustavo Petro, we must pause and reflect on the significance of this win for Colombia and the continent. Colombia will have its first leftist president and first afro Colombian, woman, lawyer and land defender vice president. This was unimaginable just a few years ago, not because there weren’t any leftist leaders who were qualified or willing but because Colombia's neoliberal model of death has never allowed it.
Peace, measures against climate change, Latin American integration, women's empowerment and the fight against poverty and corruption are part of his agenda.
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