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? 🤔🤔🤔

  • @cold4nervous
    26•2 years ago

    Hey folks i think you are missing a few things, and spreading some misinformation: Petro wasn’t a top member of the M19; he was in jail for minor things far away when the take of the Supreme Court was happening. His criticism against Venezuela its mostly it dependence on oil, he wants peace and wants to help Venezuela after the embargoes, but saying this directly is not a good idea taking in account how much the red scary propaganda is living and breathing in Latam. Another AES doesn’t has that much attention in the country because the ruling class here are warmongers and feudal lords this is not a surprise if you know how much cocaine is seeded (154.000 hectares) or how much land some politicians have. When you talk about appealing to reactionaries is not only not know that Colombia has been one the most violent countries in the world, the second on organized crime, a hotspot for hunger and so on…

    And when you talk about how much the people on the country are right wing you are partly correct but its still misinformation, he has run for president twice and he always score more that 40% in the elections, even this time he has 20+ senators in his favor in contrast with the 3 last time. And you might think about the votes in his favor “well that isn’t higher than the actual right president” yes but you are missing that the “democratic” system in colombia is extremely rigged, why? because one the most richer person in the world and a bankist is against him, who owns some mainstream national media and colombia has an history of stealing and buying elections. Please don’t downplay how much of a victory this is, one in decades; millions of people have put their hope on this man and his party.

    All right if any of you have any questions ask me or contradict me (if you have proves of course). Here is another comment about Colombia situation, Petro and left wing history party in Colombia. Love you all

    • @SaddamHussein24OP
      14•2 years ago

      Thank you for your insights! I wasnt downplaying his victory, i think it will be great for Colombia. Suerte hermano!

      • @cold4nervous
        9•2 years ago

        i wasn’t referring to you especially i was referring to you as several people. I’m sorry i made you feel that way.