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? 🤔🤔🤔

  • AgreeableLandscape☭@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    2 years ago

    So, seeing how socialist theory says in no uncertain terms that you cannot vote a capitalist country into a socialist one, and that the Western style of representative “democracy” will always favour the bourgeoise, what’s his endgame here and how does his election actually help the socialist movement in Columbia? There would still need to be a revolution and ditching of their current governmental structure at some point, right?

    • Rafael_Luisi@lemmygrad.ml
      10·
      2 years ago

      If he removes the death squads, drug cartels, cia assets in the army, etc, it will already be worth it, one less yankee puppet countrie filled with military bases in the world.

    • SaddamHussein24@lemmygrad.mlOP
      7·
      2 years ago

      Petro is a socdem/demsoc now, he isnt a communist anymore, hes reformist. However his government will still be great. He will try getting Colombia out of US influence. Lets hope he suceeds.