Category: Colombia

Colombia has new leaders who see the direct link between plutocracy and the plunder of our most valuable ecosystem

Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice

The people of Colombia have given Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez an opportunity to pursue a different path forward for their country
Colombians make history by electing first leftist president
Gustavo Petro is now set to become Colombia’s first leftist president

The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country–and for the whole region

For the first time in Colombia’s history a leftist candidate won the presidential elections
US Loses its Latin America ‘Bastion’

Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Petro’s victory “strengthens democracy and progressive forces in Latin America.”
Former fighter in the M-19 militia beat populist business tycoon and fellow political outsider Rodolfo Hernández in runoff on Sunday