Jean-Luc Mélenchon concludes his tour of Latin America this week with a stopover in Colombia, where the left came to power for the first time in its history with the election to the presidency of Gustavo Petro on June 19. The leader of La France insoumise arrives on conquered ground.
President Petro himself praised in a tweet, accompanied by a photo at his side, the fact that “Progressive Europe will have an ally in Colombia” at the end of a private meeting, as noted by the newspaper The Herald.
While the review Week recounted the welcome given to him by some of the main Colombian politicians, such as the senator of the Green Party Angélica Lozano.
As for the purpose of this trip, which led him to meet the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, it is to “building the victorious left of tomorrow”, according to La France insoumise.
On his blog, Jean-Luc Mélenchon writes: “After a phase of backlash, the Latin American peoples are orchestrating new episodes of the citizens’ revolution. They choose