Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia’s first leftist president

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by Hector Velasco Agence France Presse BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Gustavo Petro on Sunday took the oath of office as Colombia’s first-ever leftist president, before a crowd of hundreds of thousands at his inauguration in Bogota. The 62-year-old former guerrilla and onetime mayor takes over from the deeply unpopular Ivan Duque, with plans for profound reforms in a country beset by economic inequality and drug violence. Petro’s hard-fought victory in June elections brought Colombia, long […]