ADVERTISEMENTLopez, 49, broke with tradition and held her inauguration event in the city’s Simon Bolivar park attended by hundreds of people. “Thank you to all for accompanying me in this special moment of my life by taking me as the first woman — diverse woman — elected as mayor in the history of Bogota,” she told the cheering crowd. The new mayor presented “an agenda of change” for her four-year term, focused on the fight against insecurity and the city’s traffic congestion, while promoting jobs and quality, free education. She called on Bogotans to build a citizen’s culture that “once and for all banishes all racism, classism, machismo and zenophobia” from its streets. ADVERTISEMENTShe first stepped into the national spotlight after helping to expose links between Colombian lawmakers and right-wing paramilitary groups.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 01, 2020 23:37 UTC