The Resurgence of Gustavo Petro and the Colombian Left
Colombia’s president has seen his popularity rise, increasing the odds that the left could win May’s presidential election.
BOGOTÁ—Last month in Colombia’s capital, I met a retiree, Hugo, who had spent much of his career in the Ministry of Communications, including under ex-President Álvaro Uribe. He and his wife now lived on his modest public pension, supplemented by occasional jobs. Hugo said he was neither right nor left. He did not vote for President Gustavo Petro in 2022. But he had become a staunch supporter since, seeing how Petro tried to help "people who never had anything" and older adults of modest means like himself. True, Petro had left much unaccomplished. But his presidency had been good...
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