COLOMBIA’S outgoing President Gustavo Petro has called a nationwide mobilisation on July 20 — the country’s independence day — in defence of the social reforms his administration led.Fears are rife in Colombia that the election of Abelardo de la Espriella will see the reversal of land redistribution — beneficiaries are already reporting attacks by paramilitaries linked to the old landowners — and of environmental protection measures like the ban on new drilling and mining operations in the Amazon rainforest.

COLOMBIA’S outgoing President Gustavo Petro has called a nationwide mobilisation on July 20 — the country’s independence day — in defence of the social reforms his administration led.

Fears are rife in Colombia that the election of Abelardo de la Espriella will see the reversal of land redistribution — beneficiaries are already reporting attacks by paramilitaries linked to the old landowners — and of environmental protection measures like the ban on new drilling and mining operations in the Amazon rainforest.

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