Since his inauguration on August 7, 2022, President Gustavo Petro, the inaugural leftist leader under the Historical Pact banner, faces the task of actualizing their campaign pledges, with ‘total peace’ at the forefront. Yet, one year later, the United Nations has spotlighted a surge in violent incidents by Colombian criminal factions. In merely the first […]
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