Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Colombian President Ivan Duque has divisive legacy” – below is their description.
Ivan Duque has a divisive legacy.
The Colombian president, who is to be succeeded by Gustavo Petro on Sunday, has been accused of failing to meet the needs of his people.
Four years after he became president, Duque leaves a country reeling from higher poverty and unemployment.
Many also accuse him of not doing enough to protect social activists and Indigenous leaders who have been killed in record numbers.
Al Jazeera’s @Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, Colombia.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a transcontinental country largely in the north of South America, with territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The capital is Bogotá, the country’s largest city. With over 50 million inhabitants Colombia is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world. The Republic of Colombia was declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903.
Colombia’s territory encompasses Amazon rainforest, highlands, grasslands, and deserts, and it is the only country in South America with coastlines and islands along both the Atlantic and Pacific.