Review of the press for June 21, 2022
All of Petro's unknowns. Colombia: the ELN have requested negotiations. Ecuador. Olympic boxer Andy Cruz from Cuba is the latest athlete to leave the dictatorship. Venezuela. Chile. Brazil. Honduras.
Colombia: all of Petro's unknowns.
The incoming president, 62, is a populist on the far left. He has pledged to increase taxes on business owners, enact additional import levies, increase subsidies, and abolish oil exploration permits. He believed that the government should control the economy, not the market.