Colombians say enough is enough
It’s perhaps premature to talk of a ‘new dawn’ for socialism in Latin America – the continent has seen them before, but in Colombia the people have spoken, electing a left-wing government for the first […]
Category: Colombia
Colombia, Once a Pro-U.S. Conservative Bastion, Turns Left
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR Gustavo Petro on election night in Colombia. Source: Democracy Now! For the first time ever, Colombia has chosen new leadership that is not conservative. Voters in the third-most populous nation in Latin America narrowly […]
Electoral Victory of Colombians Petro and Marquez is Unprecedented
BY W. T. WHITNEY Photograph Source: National Police of Colombia – CC BY-SA 2.0 The comment overflowed with enthusiasm: “June 19 will be remembered as a day of the people and will be a moment of celebration for democracy […]
“The sum of 500 years of resistance”: Colombians make history by electing first leftist president
Javier Guerrero Download PDF flyer Photo: Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez celebrate with supporters on election night. Credit – @FranciaMarquezM A wave of massive celebrations swept the streets and main squares of Colombia last night as […]
Global Applause as Leftist Gustavo Petro Wins Colombian Presidency
BY: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Former guerrilla fighter and longtime lawmaker Gustavo Petro defeated a millionaire businessman viewed as Colombia’s Donald Trump on Sunday to become the South American nation’s first leftist president-elect, riding a wave of mass […]
A New Colombia? Petro Wins First-Round Victory in Presidential Vote
BY W. T. WHITNEY Photograph Source: National Police of Colombia – CC BY-SA 2.0 During 212 years of Colombia’s national independence, the propertied and wealthy classes, with military backing, have held the reins of power. Gustavo Petro […]
Historic election in Colombia: Progressive challenger vs. rebranded right wing establishment
Javier Guerrero and Carlos Osorio Download PDF flyer Photo: Massive closing rally on May 22 for the Gustavo Petro/Francia Marquez ticket. Credit — @petrogustavo The progressive ticket of Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez of the Pacto […]
Radical Democracy Is Resurgent in Latin America. How Will the US Respond?
BY: Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, Truthout Chile has become the global capital of resurgent opposition to neoliberalism and resistance to fascism, electing the world’s youngest president, Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old former student protest leader. Boric, a member of Chile’s congress […]
Colombia – the masses fight back
The months of April to July this year have been marked in Colombia by mass protests on the part of people who have simply had enough of being poor and subjected to violent repression when […]
Every support to the rebellion of the Colombian people
Declaration of support for the rebellion of the Colombian people promoted by the Liberation Party of Argentina and already signed by 46 progressive organisations from 26 different countries in Latin America, North America, Asia and […]