A fisherman from Tolima, a street sweeper from Medellín, a coffee grower from Caldas and a silletero from Antioquia They sat among the Latin American presidents, and other international guests at the inauguration of the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, as a symbol of the “change” that is beginning in the country.
(The oath of Gustavo Petro in his presidential possession).
After greeting all the international guests, including King Felipe VI of Spain and the Latin American presidents who accompanied him on stage, as well as his family, Petro sent a special message to his “guests of honor”.
Arnulfo Muñoz, who came from Honda, in the department of Tolima, lives by fishing in the Magdalena River, while Kelly Garcés did so from Medellín. Garcés, a street sweeper, went viral on social networks during the electoral campaign after being rebuked while she was working for carrying propaganda for the Historical Pact, and the then-candidate then promised her that he would invite her to her investiture.
(Petro is asked to protect political exiles from Venezuela).
Katherine Gil, a youth leader from Quibdó, in the department of Chocó; Rigoberto López, a coffee grower from Caldas; and Iván de Jesús Londoño, a flower silletero from Santa Helena (Antioquia), also received the invitation to accompany the ceremony and Petro’s thanks for accompanying him on this important day. The delegation of guests is closed by Genoveva Palacios, a street vendor in the department of Chocó.
This has been an investiture full of symbols, in which both Petro and his vice president, Francia Márquez, have starred a ceremony that seeks to be a reflection of what they promised until they came to power: a Government of change, of the nobodies, a Government of the people.
Petro was accompanied in his possession by a dozen leaders, list headed by the King of Spain, Felipe VI, in the company of the foreign minister of this country, José Manuel Albares.
Likewise, the presidents of Honduras, Xiomara Castro; from Argentina, Alberto Fernandez; from Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez; from Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso; from Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves; from Chile, Gabriel Boric; from Bolivia, Luis Arce; and the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader.
(Petro asked for Bolívar’s sword during his possession).
Also in office were the Vice President of El Salvador, Félix Ulloa, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, and Panama, Erika Mouynes. , and Beatriz Gutiérrez, wife of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and his personal representative.
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*With information from EFE
