[Opinion] Aurora Vergara: “We are going to persist in educational reform, no one gives up here”

El Pais

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A year ago, Minister Aurora Vergara (Cali, 37) presented to public opinion the reform with which the Government of Gustavo Petro sought to guarantee education as a fundamental right. This effort was wrecked this week in the Congress of the Republic, amid recriminations between the ruling party and the opposition. The teachers' union, Fecode, one of the Executive's great political supporters, also became one of the biggest detractors of the versi…