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The challenge of Pedro and the war: What is happening now in the armed struggle after a former guerrilla came to the presidency of Colombia?

The challenge of Pedro and the war: What is happening now in the armed struggle after a former guerrilla came to the presidency of Colombia?
  • Daniel Brown
  • BBC Mundo correspondent in Colombia

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In this country where 60 years of guerrilla warfare took place, a former militant will now be the head of state.

Gustavo Pedro, a member of the April 19 movement (M19) in the 1970s and 1980s, will be the first left-wing president in the country’s history.

The peace is that someone like me can become president Or someone like Francia (Marquez) could be vice president, “he said in his victory speech.

As a result of his long career beginning in 1990, he came to power, mobilized the M19 and entered the political system with a social democratic agenda.