Tag: Gustavo Petro

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:55 UTC

  Former guerrilla elected Bogotá mayor says reconciliation and peace are possible

  

  Colombians elected one-time guerrilla Gustavo Petro as Bogotá mayor, the country’s second most powerful post after the presidency, in a poll on Sunday devoid of the bloodshed that marked campaigning.