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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

From what I have spoken with some fellow Colombian comrades, there were mixed reactions regarding Petro.

From the solidarity aspect, he certainly had his misses such as the time when almost every Latam country went against Venezuela while following the imperialist script to discredit the venezuelan elections last year. However, overall, Petro's gov't stays strong with solidarity with most issues in the region and globally.

Regarding internal aspects, there has been some reforms(Work reform and land reforms) but they have strong opposition from the Colombian bourgeoisie and the imperialist bootlickers. Also, we have to highlight that Colombia is a country that is currently occupied by the US through several military bases within their country. This aspect and the economic one(most of their exports go to the US regime) robs them from the necessary sovereignty to have more radical changes.

However, not all of it is grim. Right now, there is a strong initiative to strengthen bilateral economic exchanges with Venezuela and even Venezuela is starting to be a strong remittance sender to Colombia. If this trends and chinese trade increase displacing the US, then things could get interesting for this region.

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