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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) Colombian President Gustavo Petro took office a year ago laying out ambitious goals for the nation’s first leftist government. He said his agenda would provide Colombians with a “second opportunity” to end decades of internal violence, and he promised that his “government of change” would tackle longstanding inequalities by increasing government […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro took office a year ago laying out ambitious goals for the nation’s first leftist government. The president’s approval rating has plunged 20 points, leaving just over a third of Colombians expressing satisfaction with his performance. Fighting among rebel groups and drug traffickers persists in rural areas, and his social and economic reforms are stalled in the fractured congress.