Gustavo Petro is a Colombian politician and current president of Colombia. Petro has publicly declared opposition to socialism in an 2021 interview with El País.[1]
The former right-wing president Ivan Duque has saluted Petro as the next president and said they agreed to meet to initiate a "harmonious, institutional and transparent transition,"[2] showing signs that the Petro government does not promote a rupture with bourgeois governance.
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- ↑ “Desde esta perspectiva, mi programa de gobierno es la Constitución y mis reformas no serían catalogadas de izquierda en Europa. Las necesidades de la sociedad colombiana no son las de construir el socialismo, sino construir democracia y paz, punto.
[From this perspective, my government program is the Constitution and my reforms would not be classified as leftist in Europe. The needs of Colombian society are not to build socialism, but to build democracy and peace, period.]”
"Gustavo Petro: “Colombia no necesita socialismo, necesita democracia y paz”" (2021-09-19). El País. - ↑ “Llamé a Gustavo Petro para felicitarlo como presidente electo de los colombianos. Acordamos reunirnos en los próximos días para iniciar una transición armónica, institucional y transparente
[I called Gustavo Petro to congratulate him as president-elect of the Colombian people. We agreed to meet in the coming days to initiate a harmonious, institutional and transparent transition.]”
"“Habrá un transición armónica, institucional y transparente”: Duque tras hablar con Petro" (2022-06-19). El Colombiano.