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Colombia’s Petro: firebrand former rebel vows profound change

Colombia Gustavo Petro

Bogota, Colombia Reuters Gustavo Petro, who topped voting tallies with 40.8 per cent in Colombia’s first round of presidential elections on Sunday, has said his political awakening came when he watched his father weep over the death of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. The 62-year-old senator and former mayor, who was part of the M-19 […]