Colombia elected a GREAT PROGRESSIVE after decades of right-wingers

June 30, 2022 GlenAnderson Environment, Examples of Parallax Views, Human Rights, International Affairs (Click to see specific nations and regions), Latin America 0

For a very long time, Colombia has been ruled by cruel, corrupt, right-wing governments.  The U.S. has vigorously supported (and aggressively armed) those governments.

But in June 2022, Colombia’s voters elected a great progressive to be their next president.  He joins some newly elected progressives in some other Latin American nations.

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On June 27, 2022, John Feffer, a very savvy writer about international affairs (who was also a guest on one of my recent TV programs) wrote:

Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez are remarkable leaders. Petro has courageously rooted out corruption and collusion between politicians and death squads. Marquez has led the struggle against illegal gold mines. Given the assassination rates for politicans and activists in Colombia, these are two very brave individuals indeed.

But as I write in my World Beat column, the election of Petro and Marquez is important not just for a new era of environmentalism and accountability in Colombia. They represent a different ecosocial trajectory for the region as a whole. Imagine a left that takes climate change, democracy, and economic justice with equal seriousness. This is the politics of the future.

READ HIS ARTICLE, “Latin America’s New Left,” HERE:  https://fpif.org/latin-americas-new-new-left/?emci=ff3192ca-3df6-ec11-b47a-281878b83d8a&emdi=e2a426d0-43f6-ec11-b47a-281878b83d8a&ceid=3993183

 

 

On June 20, 2022, CNN reported, “In an interview with CNN last week, Petro said he intends to renegotiate Colombia’s trade deals with the US. He also plans to open dialogue around three main issues: protection for the Amazon rainforest; ending the war on drugs; and moving the Colombian economy away from extractive projects such as fossil fuels.”  SEE THIS ARTICLE:  Colombia’s new president aims to reset relations with US

 

 

A solidarity organization posted this news:  “On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia makes a government shift to the political left, giving way to the ‘Government of the People, the Government of the No ones, the Government of Life,’ in the words of the President and Vice President-elect.”  READ THE ARTICLE HERE:  https://www.solidaritycollective.org/post/colombia-presidential-elections-2022-runoff-for-the-government-of-life?link_id=0&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-colombia-newsletter-2&email_referrer=email_1584156&email_subject=colombia-newsletter

 

 

Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! reported this:  Surprise Election Results in Colombia Usher in a New Political Era.  READ HER ARTICLE HERE:  https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/23/surprise_election_results_in_colombia_usher

 

 

 

 

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org