Petro's victory 'strengthens democracy and progressive forces in Latin America,' said Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Peru's leftist President Pedro Castillo hailed Sunday's results as a"historic democratic victory" for Colombia and
that"we are united by a common feeling that seeks collective, social, and regional integration improvements for our peoples."Former U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbynthe chorus of applause."Incredible news from Colombia," he wrote on Twitter,"with the election of a socialist president who has shown the power of community organizing to build a popular policy platform to heal the divisions of the past and bring about social justice.
Petro's victory comes on the heels of widespread protests across Colombia in 2021, demonstrations sparked by a tax proposal from the Duque government that would have disproportionately hit the poor. AnProtests over the tax plan, which Duque ultimately withdrew, quickly ballooned into broader uprisings over the country's widespread poverty, systematic inequities, and austerity. The Colombian police—often armed with U.S.
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