Gustavo Petro: first leftist president faces tough challenge in Colombia - The Guardian

Despite the election euphoria, Petro has a thin mandate and is viewed with suspicion by many

He spent 12 years of his youth in the ranks of an urban guerrilla group, taking the alias of a revolutionary general from Gabriel García Márquezs One Hundred Years of Solitude. Later, he would serve … [+5173 chars]

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