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? 🤔🤔🤔
Based, let’s hope they establish good relations with Cuba and Venezuela, maybe China and other AES too
Lets hope. Petro has a hard task ahead, the entire political establishment, cartels, oligarchs, far right death squads and the military, are against him. You can bet the CIA is already planning a coup or an assassination. Lets hope he outmanouvers them.
Yeah man when I look at how the top military command hates his guts and military people have even threatened him in the past… Couple that with the heating up cold war, if he takes some solid foreign policy moves he is likely looking at an attempted coup within a year of taking office.