Last August 7th in the metropolis center of the Colombian majuscule , the former M-19 irregular member and Mayor of Bogotá , Gustavo Petro , was inaugurated as the first left-wing president in the story of the country at a observance as full of symbols and history as the Simón Bolívar plaza .
surround by nearly 100.000 people , Petro was rely in as mind of res publica and governance by the congress honcho Roy Barreras and receive the presidential window sash from Senator María José Pizarro , girl of the assassinate M-19 leader and presidential nominee , Carlos Pizarro . Next to the blade of liberator Simón Bolívar – once plunder from the army by the M-19 – the newfangled president swear in Vice - President , Francia Márquez – the first black woman , feminist , and environmental activist to fill this place . Soon thereafter , Petro gave his first oral communication as president , a speech with various reference work to sustainable and inclusive rural development .
“ Taxes will not be confiscatory , they will rather be middling , ” said Petro addressing the concerns that using taxis as expropriate metre may arise , after pledge to tax the richest – admit adult landowners – during the campaign . As one may expect , among the most sensible topic of his ambitious order of business is the tax bill , with which he calculate at redistributing wealth and curbing inequality in a country with more than 20 million habitant survive in poverty . The day after , the new administration reconcile its taxation broadsheet proposal to congress . This reform , at the same time , is a standard of measurement to assess congress ’s reenforcement for the new government .
Petro highlighted the importance of globose food surety , stress the concept of food sovereignty , as his scheme to annihilate hunger in the country . Shifting from an agricultural sphere orient to export to increasing local production is a task that , according to the newfangled Head of State , must be maneuver by the internal government and willingly accompanied by the private sector . “ In the land where world find maize , we must produce maize again . The commonwealth will have to furnish irrigation , credit , technique , improved seeds , protection , the peasantry , and private society can provide both labor and the daily resolution to ensure that our field will once again produce the food our hoi polloi involve ” , state Petro .
The aforementioned goes in credit line with his view on the warfare on drugs which he believes should switch – as expressed during the presidential run – to be come near as a public health trouble . This , in combination with voluntary coca plant eradication to be substitute by grocery cropping , exact international support that will be sought , especially from the U.S. where more than two - thirds of the country ’s maize imports come from .
Rural infrastructure will be improved in collaboration with the Colombian US Army , which will impart to building housing , roads , and even irrigation districts throughout the land . “ The US Army , society , and yield can unite in a new durable social ethic . Helicopters and planes , frigate , are not only useful to bomb or shoot , but they can also be operable to create the first preventive health base of the Colombian people ” . what is more , Petro denote that sequester assets under the domain of the Special Assets Agency – SAE , will be supervise by Campesino brass , urban youth cooperatives , and woman association , to boost the productive economy .
Concerning mood variety , president Petro haul attention to the indigence to protect the Amazon . Halting deforestation in the Amazon should be an outside joint enterprise . As carbon taxes and mood funds seem to be insufficient to accomplish this destination , Petro proposes a trade - off between external debt and concrete domestic investments to salve and restore the ecosystems . In Colombia , the president ’s term of berth lasted 4 years . Only time will tell how many of these promises and ambitions the new administration will be able to fit .
Having quoted the termination of García Márquez ’s ill-famed Scripture , one hundred long time of solitude : “ everything written on them was unrepeatable since sentence immemorial and forever more because races condemned to one hundred age of solitude did not have a 2d opportunity on earthly concern ” , Petro promised the beginning of a second prospect for the country(side ) .
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