Former guerrilla leader Petro gets elected as Colombia’s first leftist president
The first progressive to hold office in Colombian history, leftist Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter with the M-19 movement, With an unexpectedly large majority of more than 700,000 votes, Petro defeated construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez Former mayor of Bogota and current senator Petro has vowed to combat inequality by providing free higher education, The … Read more
