“That for the first time in our nation’s history a Black Colombiana, a progressive candidate, could be elected to its highest offices has to be understood not simply as a historic milestone, but a turning point that a movement made possible.”
Colombia's Vice-President Elect Francia Márquez will be sworn into office this Sunday.
“Masses of Colombians long fed up with the power plays of the ruling elite organized a grassroots campaign to insist on change” Last year, Colombian youth took to the streets to protest not only a third round of taxes that would have increased the cost of bread, eggs, and milk by 30 cents but also the 30-years-long impunity of governmental corruption. “I spoke to many young protesters who said they were on the streets because they were hungry, because many had not gone beyond primary school,” related Márquez in an interview with CAMBIO.
Her family has buried many young relatives, some victims of the armed conflict, some lost to drugs as they sought economic opportunity in urban centers that offered none. Her struggle to overcome the challenges she and millions of Colombians –referred to as the “nobodies”– face daily has given Francia a deep and pragmatic understanding of what needs to change.
made clear that basic structural economic change is sorely needed. Although the country has made a remarkable recovery from the COVID crisis, it states “…however, both growth and social inclusion are trapped by weak structural policy settings that preclude more than half of income earners from formal jobs and social protection.”
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