Colombia elected left-leaning Gustavo Petro as its new president yesterday. Petro, with slightly more than 50 percent of the total vote, defeated Rodolfo Hernandez, a Trump-like, bravado-mouthed, millionaire business tycoon with distinctively autocratic instincts. Petro, more in the manner of Sen. Bernie Sanders, and equally rumpled-looking (but younger), was a guerrilla soldier before he came in from the cold and was elected mayor of Bogota. (More about them both, and about Colombia, in this Newletter’s edition last Friday, June17, #66, “An Upcoming Choice in Colombia.”)
67 - Colombian Voters Select Leftist, Kenyan Voters Contemplate Cannabis
67 - Colombian Voters Select Leftist, Kenyan…
67 - Colombian Voters Select Leftist, Kenyan Voters Contemplate Cannabis
Colombia elected left-leaning Gustavo Petro as its new president yesterday. Petro, with slightly more than 50 percent of the total vote, defeated Rodolfo Hernandez, a Trump-like, bravado-mouthed, millionaire business tycoon with distinctively autocratic instincts. Petro, more in the manner of Sen. Bernie Sanders, and equally rumpled-looking (but younger), was a guerrilla soldier before he came in from the cold and was elected mayor of Bogota. (More about them both, and about Colombia, in this Newletter’s edition last Friday, June17, #66, “An Upcoming Choice in Colombia.”)