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Colombia has a problem — not all of Colombia, but its elites. The country's first leftwing president, Gustavo Petro, in office since 7 August 2022, actually intends to ‘implement the government programme the people voted for'.
It did not take long for Colombians to conclude that Petro was not going to impinge upon the wealth of the financial, corporate and landowning elites.
It was a daunting moment last Thursday in Colombia, South America’s longest-running democracy, when retired Colonel John Marulanda, ex-president of the Andean country’s powerful Retired Officers Association (ACORE – Spanish initials), threatened to depose ...
South America’s longest-running democracy had a scare last week when a retired Colonel threatened to depose the current president.
The protest of retired military and police officers against Gustavo Petro's administration on May 10 included a call to "defenestrate" the president.