“Colombia has gigantic resources, but what it needs most is peace. Colombia has an accumulated hunger for peace. If it manages to get that country to start walking together without violence, that is already a gigantic victory. Politics in the case of Colombia has this destiny in the immediate term: transform enemies into adversaries, which is not the same thing. If he succeeds, he will have triumphed,” said former Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica, reflecting on what awaits the President-elect of Colombia Gustavo Petro.
Mujica on Petro: Colombia has an accumulated hunger for peace
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Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
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