Gustavo Petro: a change in Colombian geopolitics
This document is a copy of the original published by the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies at the following
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This document is a copy of the original published by the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies at the following
On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its history, Colombia elected a leftist president, Gustavo Petro, and will now have a leftist government. This historic departure from Colombia's traditional right-leaning and U.S.-aligned foreign policy led many countries, among them Iran, to rejoice at the prospect of the opportunities presented by the new president.
The death anniversary of Gaitán, also the commemoration of Colombia’s National Day of Solidarity for Victims of the Armed Conflict was muted this year.
With the arrival of Gustavo Petro to the Presidency of that country, more than 100 years of struggle by the left to obtain the highest position in the coffee Executive comes to an end