Colombia’s Glass Ceiling Is Cracking
The country will have its first female VP of African descendence, but the two women couldn’t be more different.
A little while ago, I wrote a story about Colombia’s possible political shift from ultra-conservative to progressive in the election held this Sunday, May 29th.
The results are in, and progressive candidate Gustavo Petro will face not the ruling Uribismo’s candidate Federico Gutiérrez, but conservative surprise Rodolfo Hernández, who’s become famous for his social media use and has been compared to Trump for his views and antics.
I didn’t even mention Hernández in my story because he gained support very recently before the election, and because he just seemed like such an oddball. He doesn’t do public speeches or participate in debates because whenever he opens his mouth, he does something either really bad or really ignorant, like say he admires Hitler or show he doesn’t know his country at all.
I really should have remembered what happens with ignorant, oddball old conservatives with a social media presence who admire dictators. Gahhh.
