If Gustavo Petro wins, he would be Colombia’s first avowedly left-wing president
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskThis threat conjures up ghosts from Colombia’s past. In 1989 Bello spent a day in the southern city of Palmira watching César Gaviria campaign. He was followed by three ambulances, one equipped with an intensive-care bed. He spoke from behind a bullet-proof rostrum, surrounded by a huddle of six policemen clutching Uzi submachineguns.
But security has deteriorated since then. Iván Duque, the current president, has failed to make the most of the peace agreement. In November he claimed to have dismantled the Gulf Clan, the largest paramilitary drug-trafficking organisation, when troops arrested its boss, Dairo Antonio Úsaga. But this month, hours after Mr Úsaga was extradited to the United States, the Clan shut down a large swathe of north-western Colombia with a four-day “armed strike”.
-19, a nationalist guerrilla group. But that is not the reason he alarms many Colombians. Rather it is because until recently he was an enthusiastic supporter of the late Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s elected autocrat. He now presents himself as a moderate and has pledged not to expropriate any businesses. But some of his proposals still seem quite extreme.
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