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28 Dec

Francia Márquez Makes History As Colombia’s First Black Vice

Francia Márquez Makes History As Colombia’s First Black Vice
Francia Márquez Makes History Francia Márquez Makes History For the primary time in Colombia’s history, a Black woman is about to develop into vice chairman. Francia Márquez, an Afro-Colombian environmental activist and lawyer, won Sunday’s runoff election because the running mate to President-elect Gustavo Petro, the country’s first progressive leftist leader. Born within the small town of Yolombo, situated within the Suárez municipality of the Cauca Mountains in southwest Colombia, Márquez is a single mother of two who first became an activist on the age of 13, when the development of a dam threatened her community. She became pregnant at 16, left school to work within the local gold mines, and eventually sought work as a housekeeper. She went on to complete...
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