Francia Márquez has overcome racism and classism to become Colombia's first Black vice president. Márquez was a teen mom who once worked as a housekeeper.
When Colombians on Sunday elected their first leftist president ever, they also voted for their country’s first Black vice-president. Francia Marquez, a Black single mother who worked as a maid before…
For the first time in Colombia's history, the left, led by former Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro, could win the presidential election set to begin Sunday. If it prevails, Afro-Colombian environmental and…