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Gustavo Petro wins the Historic Pact for Lights and Shadows
Gustavo Petro, Candidate for the Presidency, confirmed Sunday the favoritism that has been apparent in the polls in the last couple of weeks.

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Ex-senator of the Republic and former mayor of Bogota managed to win the victory with the Historic Pact coalition. Officially, he is now an aspirant to the presidency which he hopes to achieve three times.

His high vote at the meeting makes him the most representative of the Colombian Left, and a reliable potential presidential candidate despite the fact that his ideas and proposals are controversial on multiple fronts, including the economic one.

Petro has stated his intention to change pensions through the creation of a public administrator of pension funds, resulting in the benefit of a "mixed and complimentary system" together with private funds.

https://www.pulzo.com/noticias/gustavo-petro According to the candidate, the country of Colombia there is no pension system. petro gustavo Instead the system is built on the bank's profits. Many believe Petro will eliminate the possibility of him assuming the President. However, Petro recently said that he will not abolish them but would seek pension reform to ensure a minimum pension for Colombians. Petro has also stated there's "no necessity" to increase the pension age.

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Another topic of contention is his repeated vows to stop the extraction of oil when he becomes President. This has caused anxiety for investors as well as the overall market.

Experts believe that Petro's proposal to Colombia to end oil exploration would result in the loss of $4.3 billion.

https://caracol.com.co/tag/gustavo_francisco_petro_urrego/a/ I also suggest to establish an anti oil front in the region and around the world. This would move the economy away form fossil fuels. To this I would like to invite Gabriel Boric (the new Chilean president) and LuizInacio Lula da Silva (the Brazilian LuizInacio Lula da Silva) as well as other.

https://www.elespectador.com/tags/gustavo-petro/ Petro claimed that Petro was in conversation with Pedro Sanchez (the Prime Minister of Spain) regarding his idea.

His position on health issues has been controversial as well because he insists on ending EPS and replacing it with a preventive model that "guarantees the rights of people instead of the profits of bankers".

http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senadores/53-senadores-2018-2022/1512-gustavo-francisco-petro-urrego He also challenged the autonomy of Banco de la Republica, and declared that he would also reform the institution should he being elected President.

Petro claimed that the Bank Board of Directors belonged to the Democratic Center and "What we need is an independent Bank of the Republic (...) it's important that the Board of Directors is a part of society members," the candidate stated in the middle of the debate.

https://hsbnoticias.com/new/en/node/de-guerrillero-candidato-presidencial-que-pasara-con-las-guerrillas-si-gustavo-petro-gana-las According to Invamer, Petro leads the voting intention for the presidential election.

His idea of issuing money to finance spending on government was not without controversy.

petro gustavo Petro's ideas concentrate on a sustainable economy which doesn't rely on fossil fuels.

He also stated that he would implement a tax reform to eliminate exemptions and change the concept of minimum wage into a wage based on income and capital.

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