Colombia’s first leftist President was elected in September and many are hailing a new beginning but the country’s barbaric past involving Pablo Escobar may hinder progress, according to one senator.
The South American country has suffered a war that has killed nearly 450,000 civilians and displaced more than eight million people from their territories, it is a country teeming with drug traffickers and illegal armed groups.
Previous right-wing presidents have failed to root out the problems by using brutal militarisation but they have succeeded in pushing thousands into joblessness and homelessness.
