In 2022, the political history of Colombia takes a turning point: for the first time, the left wins the presidency with Gustavo Petro. There are six months left before the presidential elections and the left maintains high voting intention. Is the presidential administration serving the left in its campaign or working against it?
For this chapter we spoke with lawyer and journalist Alberto Casas Santamaría; with the writer Ricardo Silva; with Sandra Borda, professor of political science and global studies at the University of Los Andes; with Silvia Otero Bahamón, professor at the Faculty of International, Political and Urban Studies of the Universidad del Rosario; and with Thierry Ways, columnist and analyst for El Tiempo.