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Special (Recorded 9/28/2022) and (Uploaded 10/6/2022)

On August 7th 2022 Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez were sworn in as President and Vice President, respectively, of Colombia. Here is an article about the two leaders: https://theconversation.com/colombia-gustavo-petro-and-francia-marquez-have-achieved-a-historic-victory-for-the-left-so-who-are-they-186221

In a previous Special we spoke with Gerardo Cajamarca about Police Brutality and corruption in Colombia and the movements there to take back the country. You can find that interview here ----> https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-colombia-police-brutality

During that interview Cajamarca invited others, especially politicians and people from the labor movement to visit Colombia.

Yolanda Roth, Strategic Partnerships Director for Take Action Minnesota (https://takeactionminnesota.org/person/yolanda-roth/), recently returned from Colombia after taking up Cajamarca's invitation. While there Roth was able to attend the Presidential inauguration as well as many other important and moving events which are discussed in this special.

Here is more about a sword mentioned in this Special Interview: https://orinocotribune.com/president-petro-displays-bolivars-sword-during-inauguration-despite-duques-refusal/