Biography of President Columbia

He himself promised to improve the life of those who were on the sidelines of society - black, young, poor and natives - and called himself a revolutionary who fights for their rights. The Petro program included tax and pension reforms, free education and much more. Skip the content from X resolve Content X? This material contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before loading, because it can use Kukis and other technologies.

You can familiarize yourself with the Kukis rules and the Person of Personal Data X before giving consent. To agree and continue attention: the content of other sites may contain advertising. Content from the X ended observers from the European Union recognized the elections honest and open. The beginning of the era of changes in his victorious speech Petro promised that in his regime, the business would flourish, and the government would deal with inequality.

Petro shone his victory "God and the people." This is what I will tell them honestly, here and now: we will develop capitalism in Colombia, " - added a new president. Commentators and international organizations agree that the election of Petro will put the beginning of the era of change. About 10.5 million people voted against Petro in the second round. This is about the fifth of the population of Colombia, so future reforms can be difficult.

In his work as the mayor, there were ambiguous episodes. So, former adviser Petro Daniel Garcia Pen says that Petro has a very authoritarian character, and when he insisted that his orders were fulfilled, he did not understand how to convince different departments to bring them to life. Opponents also criticize Petro for populism and call the "Colombian Trump". In the 10ths, Petro was a member and one of the leaders of the socialist "movement on April 19", founded in the X years, and to M became the largest left -wing partisan movement in the country after the infamous Farc.

Members of the movement, and, probably, Petro himself, actively participated in the Columbian Civil War, and in the year stormed the Palace of Justice in Bogota, killing 13 soldiers and losing 30 rebels. Petro left the prison term for the illegal storage of weapons, and then became an oppositionist and during a political career managed to visit the senator and a congressman.

On stage and in the hall, people dance salsa and enjoy every minute of these elections, not like any other. In a country that has passed through decades of a civil conflict, critics of Gustavo Petro speak of its revolutionary past and assure that his economic reforms will destroy the country. However, the promises of equality and the fight against poverty caused a strong response in this country without equality.

For Ana-Biators Achevedo, one of many AfricoloColombies who turned out to be refugees, these elections mean hope for changes. Among the blacks and aborigines, they [Petro and Martinez] personify this difference - one of them mixed blood, the second is black, and both believe in openness, ”she says. It is the name to call the elections, but these elections really justify such a name.

For this conservative country, they mean great changes, and much talk about how much the Columbia has changed. Now. Countries - for the first time in its history - will be opened by the left president and black woman as vice president, and this means that people want a new political path.

Some Petro election proposals - for example, a ban on new oil production projects - set up investors. His supporters hope that in addition to poverty and corruption, he will effectively deal with the growth of the level of violence in politics. However, Petro has to face the divided parliament.