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13. The term "Leftist" does not imply anything related to terrorism. Perhaps instead of saying Petro is

Mon Jun 20, 2022, 01:36 PM

Jun 2022

the first leftist elected president, they should say "the first former terrorist elected president."

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Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian election, becoming the country's first Leftist president. [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 OP

Amazing flamingdem Jun 2022 #1

Coup-plotters will be getting busy. roody Jun 2022 #2

Yay! Congrats to Colombia!! 2naSalit Jun 2022 #3

K&R! nt Carlitos Brigante Jun 2022 #4

Thing is BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Voltaire2 Jun 2022 #8

"then I don't know what is" are your words mathematic Jun 2022 #14

The issue would then be BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #12

Well I think the only thing stopping them from doing so BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #15

A list of Colombia's liberal (radical) presidents from Wikipedia Martin68 Jun 2022 #6