Colombia Live Updates: Gustavo Petro Elected the First Leftist President
www.nytimes.com
A former rebel and longtime legislator won Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, galvanizing voters frustrated by decades of poverty and inequality under conservative leaders.

Gustavo Petro, leader of a leftist antiimperialist coalition (which includes the Colombian Communist Party) and former fighter in the communist guerilla group M 19, just won the presidential elections in Colombia! He is the first left wing president in the countrys history! He defeated Rodolfo Hernandez, a Trump style alt right billionaire who was quoted in a radio interview a few years ago saying “I love Adolf Hitler and his philosophy, he was a murderer but i still love him”. YESSS this is great news! A spectre haunts Latin America.

Edit: Among several things, Petro made it clear he would reestablish diplomatic relations with Venezuela and recognize Maduro as the legitimate president (Colombia had until now recognized Guaidó). Rip bozo for Guaidó the loser.

Edit 2: Petro also promised to enact land reform. In Colombia there was never any land reform done, so peasants live in almost feudal conditions, with landlords, oligarchs and corporations using far right death squads to enforce their will on the peasantry. In fact, the new vicepresident, a black woman, is of peasant background, having herself lived under such conditions.

Edit 3: Btw, this is Colombias first black vicepresident ever. Will the libs still simp for her if she doesnt suck up to the US? 🤔🤔🤔

  • SaddamHussein24@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    2 years ago

    Lets hope man. Colombia is a fucked up country. I just watched Ben Nortons take on this, and he is very worried. Apparently before the election the head of the colombian military threatened Petro on Twitter. The colombian oligarchy regularly uses drug cartels and far right death squads to kill opponents. Just in 2021 i think like 150 labor activists were killed by far right paramilitaries. These militias have extensive ties to the military, the CIA, the oligarchs, the police and drug cartels. Lets hope God protects him like he did with Fidel.