Colombia’s leftist president is flailing
His attempts at reform are increasingly infuriating Colombians
Colombia’s first avowedly left-wing president came to power in August 2022 promising to reduce inequality in one of the world’s most unequal countries. Since taking office Gustavo Petro has been pushing through a series of reforms in pursuit of this goal. In particular, Mr Petro wants changes to health care, labour and the pension system.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Halting problem”
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