El presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro sufrió un duro revés en los comicios locales que se desarrollaron el domingo, luego de que el candidato de su movimiento político de izquierda para la alcaldía de Bogotá fue superado por un político moderado. En otras grandes ciudades como Medellín, Bucaramanga, Cali y Barranquilla también fueron escogidos aspirantes ajenos a su línea política.
Yann Basset, profesor de Ciencia Política de la Universidad del Rosario, dijo a la AP que la izquierda la tiene difícil para avanzar en las elecciones locales, pese a su reciente victoria nacional con Petro, dado que “el gobierno ha perdido mucha de la popularidad con la cual arrancó hace un año”.
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