NYT reports:Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian election, becoming the country’s first leftist president. For the first time, Colombia will have a leftist president. Just as important: today Colombians elected their first Black and first female vice president:Francia Márquez — a former housekeeper and activist — is Colombia’s first Black vice president. For the first time in Colombia’s history, a Black woman is close to the top of the executive branch. Francia Márquez, an environmental activist from the mountainous department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia, has become a national phenomenon, mobilizing decades of voter frustration, and becoming the country’s first Black vice president on Sunday, as the running mate to Gustavo Petro.

Source: CBC News June 20, 2022 13:42 UTC