Take a look at this interesting Amy Goodman interview on Democracy Now! with Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, the runner up in Colombia’s recent election. Here is a summary of the discussion provided by Democracy Now!:

“In Colombia, right-wing politician Iván Duque has been sworn in as Colombia’s new president. Duque was hand-picked by former right-wing President Álvaro Uribe and has vowed to roll back key parts of Colombia’s landmark peace deal with FARC rebels. Just before Duque’s inauguration, Democracy Now! spoke to Gustavo Petro, who placed second in this year’s presidential race, receiving 8 million votes in his attempt to become Colombia’s first leftist president. In the 1980s Petro was jailed and tortured for being a member of the M-19 guerrilla movement. He later went on to lead efforts in Colombia’s Congress to investigate ties between paramilitary death squads and top politicians.”

According to Democracy Now!, Gustavo Petro is a “Colombian senator and former mayor of Bogotá who placed second in Colombia’s 2018 presidential race. In the 1980s Petro was jailed and tortured for being a member of the M-19 guerrilla movement. He later went on to lead efforts in Colombia’s Congress to investigate tites between paramilitary death squads and top politicians.” Full transcript of the interview can be found here or just watch the interview below. The video is about 30 minutes: