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Post by account_disabled on Feb 22, 2024 5:30:27 GMT -5
Using Congress to debate the presidents reforms opposition leaders have managed to deny accusations of intransigence on the part of the government and counteract the alarmist messages of democratic erosion launched by some politicians unions media or opinion leaders. the government and the most radical sectors of the opposition to play the institutional game. With the Legislative Branch willing to debate the initiatives it is difficult Lebanon Mobile Number List take the debate to the streets even if this is the arena that more intransigent factions on both sides would prefer. The left government Gustavo Petro came to power at the peak of a wave of popular discontent generated by systematic inequalities that aggravated the pandemic. Despite decades of growth and macroeconomic stability Colombia has become the second most unequal country in Latin America. In the last years the urban elites and middle classes have experienced significant improvements in their quality of life but they have left behind the inhabitants of rural areas indigenous communities and people of African descent.. The inability to introduce the necessary changes to resolve these structural problems generated a state crisis. Disillusioned with democratic institutions and traditional politicians Colombians voted for two populist candidates in . The second electoral round was contested on the right by the outsider Rodolfo Hernndez and on the left Gustavo Petro a politician with more experience but with a similarly Manichean speech.
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