Editor
Gustavo Petro, a former member of Colombia’s M-19 guerrilla group, was inaugurated the country’s first leftist president on Sunday at a ceremony in the capital, Bogota.
Some 100,000 people, including Spanish King Felipe VI and at least nine Latin American presidents, looked on as he was sworn in as head of state and government by Senate chief Roy Barreras.
‘New form of governing’
Petro’s press chief, Marisol Rojas, said his appointment would usher in a more inclusive form of governance in…
