Colombia: progressive forces rise to power and ‘Uribismo’ takes a hard hit
The far-right wave that is sweeping through Latin America and the world is beginning to provoke a reaction from more progressive sectors within civil society and the political sphere.
This Sunday, Colombia demonstrated that progressive values in the region are not entirely lost, when 1 million Bogotans elected a lesbian woman who comes from a working class family as the mayor of the Colombian capital.
Ex-senator and candidate for the progressive Alianza Verde party, Claudia López won the elections with 35.21% of the votes against Carlos Galán, son of president Galán assassinated in 1989, who achieved 32.48%. It’s the first time a woman will occupy the position of mayor in Bogota, the second most important political post in the country.
