Gustavo Petro sworn in as first leftist President of Colombia
Highlights:
- Gustavo Petro has been sworn in as the first leftist president of Colombia.
- The 62-year-old is a former member of Colombia’s M-19 guerrilla group as well as a former senator and mayor of Bogota.
- He succeeds Ivan Duque.
- Mr Petro is part of a growing group of leftist politicians and political outsiders who have been winning elections in Latin America since the pandemic broke out.
- A 2016 peace deal between Colombia’s Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia turned much of the focus of voters away from the violent conflicts playing out in rural areas.
- It is noted that Colombia Capital is Bogota.
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