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Yes, the Left is back in Latin America

In many ways, the new ‘pink tide’ points to a different Left, as Gustavo Petro’s election in Colombia shows

The Hindu · Jun 24, 2022

Colombia president-elect firms up congressional allies; handover begins

Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro on Thursday began to firm up party alliances that could give him a congressional majority and met with the country's current president to start the handover process.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022

Colombia: president-elect looks to build governing coalition

President-elect Gustavo Petro, who has vowed to lift up Colombia’s poor and disenfranchised, has won the support of an influential party of the establishment as he tries to build a majority coalition in Congress

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Inside a reintegration camp for Colombia’s ex-guerrilla fighters

For the almost 13,000 former Farc guerrillas, the end of the conflict in 2016 initiated a process of ‘disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration’. Camilo Tamayo Gomez and Gavin Hart spoke to the ex-combatants looking to move on

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Leftist's election to test Colombia's alliance with US

It’s one of the United States’ few enduring alliances in an often-turbulent Latin America, one built around a decades-long partnership combating the nation’s drug cartels

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Colombian President-elect Petro says he had 'very friendly' call with Biden

Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday he had had a "very friendly" telephone call with U.S. President Joe Biden.

Reuters · Jun 21, 2022

Colombian voters elect country's first Black vice president

As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also have carved out another milestone — electing for the first time a Black politician to be vice president

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Colombia's new president was once part of a guerrilla group with a wild history. Now he promises social change

Colombia's new President, Gustavo Petro, was once a member of M-19 — a wild rebel group that stole the Sword of Simon Bolivar and is rumoured to have worked with and against Pablo Escobar.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Morning mail: ‘damning’ environment report, China’s missile interception test, the story behind cult hit Grimmish

Tuesday: The Victorian Greens will introduce a bill to parliament to impose a ban on all new gas connections to homes within three years. Plus: why Australia is running out of teachers

The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2022

Colombia rebels open to talks with new president

The latest in Latin American politics today:

Reuters · Jun 20, 2022