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Gustavo Petro is the new elected president of Colombia, after prevailing with 50.44% of the votes over Rodolfo Hernández’s 47.31%.
Petro is a 62-year-old economist who was a senator, mayor of Bogotá and belonged to the demobilized M-19 guerrilla.
LOOK: Petro’s ambitious economic proposals to transform Colombia (and the difficulties they pose)
BBC Mundo publishes here a summary of the proposals he made in his government program on crucial issues such as security and armed conflict, the economy, education, health, human rights, the environment, corruption and international politics .
Source: Elcomercio
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