President Gustavo Petro was chosen as one of the 100 most influential people of 2023 by ‘Time’ magazine
Petro is on the list along with other world leaders such as the US president Joe Bidenthe first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenskáthe brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva or the German chancellor Olaf Schölz.
(Petro asks to investigate the EPS for medicine shortages).
The news was shared by Petro himself on his Twitter account, mentioning that “I have been chosen as one of the most influential leaders in humanity by ‘Time’ magazine.”.
(Digital privacy: ‘Petro preaches, but does not apply’).
Petro’s review on the magazine’s website was written by his Chilean counterpart, gabriel boricwho highlighted the great convocation that the now Colombian president has generated throughout his presidential campaign and during the course of his term.
(Petro appoints four expert provisional commissioners in the Creg).
“When Gustavo Petro assumed the presidency of Colombia in August 2022, I was lucky to be there to see the streets of Bogotá filled with people and hope.”, Boric stressed.
(William Salamanca is appointed as the new director of the Police).
In addition, the first president of Chile He also mentioned the work that Petro has been doing during his tenure: “Its goal is to deepen the peace plan in Colombia, using all the knowledge acquired in recent years in a territory besieged by violence for too long, and to rebuild Latin American unity beyond rhetoric, an objective that we share”.
Other prominent figures in the list made by ‘Time’ magazine are the American actor Michael B Jordanthe Argentine soccer player Lionel Messithe South African-American tycoon Elon Musk and the British writer Salman Rushdie.
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