(8 Aug 2022)
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Bogota – 7 August 2022
1. Stage with new Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaking to attendees and the nation
HEADLINE: Ex-rebel sworn in as Colombia's president
2. Honor guards standing next to sword of Simon Bolivar and Petro at lectern
ANNOTATION: Colombia's first leftist President Gustavo Petro was sworn into office on Sunday in Bogota.
3. Police officers in formation
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia:
"It's time for a new international convention that accepts that the war on drugs has emphatically failed, that it has left one million Latin Americans murdered, the majority of them Colombians in the past 40 years.
5. M-19 -extinguished guerrilla group - sympathizers walking towards event with M-19 flag
6. Wide of first sympathizers standing in Plaza de Bolivar square
ANNOTATION: Petro is a former member of Colombia's M-19 guerrilla group. He was elected in June over conservative parties that offered only moderate changes.
7. Various of a woman with communist symbol in front of Vice President Francia Marquez's photo on a banner
8. Petro's sympathizer shouts political chant
ANNOTATION: Petro's victory was exceptional for Colombia, where voters had been reluctant to back leftist politicians often accused of being soft on crime.
9. Indigenous people posing for photos at Plaza de Bolivar
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arinda Gandana, Green Alliance Party afro spokesperson:
"This is a day when we see ourselves represented, and that fight for social equity is obtained. That equity that we all aim for, that we have fought for for many years. That in every sense and every cultural aspect it was impossible to achieve. Thank god, today women are been represented in an equal manner, in the political, social and cultural fields, in such an impressive way and with the fair value it should be."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Antonio de Táchira, Venezuela - 7 August 2022
11. Screen showing Gustavo Petro taking office as President of Colombia
ANNOTATION: People watched the ceremony on a giant screen near the border crossing bridge in Venezuela and burst into applause as they saw Petro take office.
12. Various of supporters cheering and chanting slogans while watching Petro taking office
13. Petro supporters chanting slogans, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Yes we could! We did it!"
STORYLINE:
Colombia's first leftist President Gustavo Petro was sworn into office on Sunday in Bogota.
Petro is a former member of Colombia's M-19 guerrilla group. He was elected in June over conservative parties that offered only moderate changes.
The incoming president said he was willing to start peace talks with armed groups across the country and also called on the United States and other developed nations to change drug policies that have focused on the prohibition of substances like cocaine, and fed violent conflicts across Colombia and other Latin American nations.
“It’s time for a new international convention that accepts that the war on drugs has emphatically failed,” he said.
Eight heads of state attended Petro’s inauguration, which was held at a large colonial-era square in front of Colombia’s Congress.
Petro's victory was exceptional for Colombia, where voters had been reluctant to back leftist politicians often accused of being soft on crime.
People watched the ceremony on a giant screen near the border crossing bridge in Venezuela and burst into applause as they saw Petro take office.
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