Gustavo Petro will be Colombia's first left-wing president. His inauguration on Sunday represents a major test for U.S. influence in Latin America.
Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro greets U.S. deputy national security adviser Jon Finer in Bogotá on July 22. Photo: Raúl Arboleda/AFP via Getty Imagesrepresents a major test for U.S. influence in Latin America as a leftist tide sweeps through the region.Petro, an ex-guerrilla fighter and former mayor of Bogotá, will be the first left-wing president of a country that had moved in lockstep with the U.S.
He promises to roll back policies such as crop eradication and express extraditions, and to reduce dependence on security forces that receive U.S. training and haveAnd while his unabashedly pro-U.S. predecessor, Iván Duque, played a central role in the hawkish U.S. approach to Venezuela, Petro has alreadyA senior Biden administration official acknowledged to Axios that both could become areas of friction.
As for Venezuela, the official said it was "unclear" how Petro would approach the Nicolás Maduro's government, but that they could work together on the migration crisis.The U.S. is wary of China's growing influence in Latin America, and the senior official acknowledged that the U.S. had already raised China with Petro's team.
But when it comes to Colombia's relationships with "external actors" that are working against U.S. interests, "we would see certain actions by them as a choice on their part," the official said, without specifying which sort of actions.
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