Notices by Kris Kelvin ★ (kris@gerzilla.de), page 39

- After years of marginalization, Colombia's political left will have a good opportunity to reach the runoff election for Colombia's presidency in June.

- A Petro presidency would likely lead to stricter environmental regulations and heftier fines for energy and mining operations in Colombia.

"Aquellos ojos decían a todo el que los miraba: «Soy la expresión de esa España dormida, beatífica, que se goza en ser juguete de los sucesos y en nada se mete con tal que la dejen comer tranquila; que no anda, que nada espera y vive de la ilusión del presente mirando al cielo, con una vara florecida en la mano; que se somete a todo el que la quiero mandar, venga de donde viniere, y profesa el socialismo manso; que no entiende de ideas, ni de acción, ni de nada que no sea soñar y digerir»."

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A former Colombian guerrilla insurgent who is trying to become the country's first leftist president, Gustavo Petro said he would focus on narrowing its yawning gap between rich and poor if elected.

The 57-year-old leftist economist, who was mayor of Bogota from 2011 to 2013, ranks second in polls to replace President Juan Manuel Santos and is pledging to change the nation's economic model, by taxing owners of unproductive land and shifting away from oil and coal.

Happy #148th #birthday to one of the most influential revolutionaries in history, #vladimir Ilyich #lenin!

Leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917, Lenin changed the course of history, inspiring the oppressed and exploited everywhere to believe that another world is possible.

Albert Einstein once said: “In Lenin I honor a man, who in total sacrifice of his own person has committed his entire energy to realizing social justice. One thing is certain: men like him are the guardians and renewers of mankind.”

La enajenación que siente el poblador colombiano de su país tiene magnitudes magnas. En Colombia se cree que las cosas vienen decididas de antemano por alguna autoridad externa, que todo se desarrolla más allá de nuestra vista.

:thaenkin: 😂