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Gustavo Petro, Winner of the Historic Pact: Lights and Shadows
On Sunday, Gustavo Petro , the candidate for Gustavo Petro, confirmed the favoritism polls have been indicating for many weeks.

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Former Senator of the Republic and ex-mayor in Bogota managed to win the victory through the Historic Pact coalition. Officially, he is now an aspirant to the presidency and hopes to win for the third time.

The overwhelming majority during the consultation makes him to be the most representative persona of the Colombian left, and is a strong candidate for president, despite his controversial proposals and ideas on several fronts, not least the economic one.

Petro has stated that he intends to adjust the pension scheme by creating a public manager of pension funds. This would allow for a "mixed system" of public and private funds.

https://www.larepublica.co/gustavo-petro has stated that in Colombia "we don't have pension systems, but the system is based on bank profits," so many claim that he will end the chances of reaching the presidency. https://www.grupoenergiadebogota.com/content/download/5967/88919/file/GUSTAVO FRANCISCO PETRO URREGO.pdf has recently said that he would not abolish them, but would seek to overhaul the system of pensions in Colombia, in order to achieve an adequate level of pensions for Colombians. Petro has also stated there's "no necessity" to increase the pension age.

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gustavo petro that has been criticized concerning him is the fact that he repeatedly promises that he will stop oil extraction when he assumes the helm. This has created anxiety among investors as well in the market.

Experts anticipate that Petro's idea of stopping exploration of oil could cost Colombia an estimated $4.3 billion in loss.

https://nuso.org/articulo/caso-gustavo-petro-flagrant-system-error/ calls for the creation of an anti-oil front across the region as well as all over the world, which helps move the economy away from fossil fuels. https://www.portafolio.co/elecciones-2022/gustavo-petro-ganador-del-pacto-historico-562857 would like to invite Gabriel Boric, the new Chilean president, as well as Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Luiz Inacio Da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, the Brazilian vice-president.


Petro stated that he has had a conversation with Pedro Sanchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, about his idea.

His health policy has been controversial because he is insistent on ending EPS and replacing the model with a preventive health model that "guarantees people's rights and not bankers' profits".

He also cast doubt on the independence of Banco de la Republica. He announced that he would implement reforms should he become the president.

https://www.eluniversal.com.co/temas/-/meta/gustavo-petro stated that the Bank Board of Directors belongs to the Democratic Center. Accordingly, the candidate at the center of a debate said "What do we need? An independent Bank of the Republic (...) It is to me essential that the board of directors has the presence of the society."

https://www.elheraldo.co/gustavo-petro asserts that Petro leads the presidential election in voting intentions.

The idea was controversial because he proposed issuing money to finance spending by the government.

Among the pillars of Petro's plans is an economy that does not depend on fossil fuels, mining, or hydrocarbon extraction, with increasing importance to agriculture.

He could also implement an overhaul to the tax code that removes exemptions and replaces the idea of minimum wage by real wages that are based on income or capital.

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