Petro, in the Final Stretch

El Pais

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Gustavo Petro faces the last stretch of his term with a frustrating balance if measured with the expectations that aroused his arrival. Elected in 2022 as the first leftist president in the history of Colombia, he promised a profound change: structural reforms, social justice and a transformation of the relationship of the State with the citizenry. Three years later, Petro cannot present major achievements, in large part because of the chaos of …