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Human rights activist Francia Marquez, a vice-presidential candidate in Colombia, is pictured on March 25, 2022. © Juan Barreto, AFP
Monday, June 20, 2022
Francia Marquez: From maid to Colombia’s first Black vice-president
When Colombians on Sunday elected their first leftist president ever, they also voted for their country’s first Black vice-president. Francia Marquez, a Black single mother who worked as a maid before challenging international mining interests as a...
La líder ambiental Francia Márquez, en Medellín, Colombia, en febrero de 2022. JOAQUIN SARMIENTO (AFP)
Monday, March 14, 2022
Francia Márquez, the Colombian electoral phenomenon
The environmental leader won more votes than the center candidate Sergio Fajardo without having held public office and with a campaign that began only three months ago. Following this unprecedented primary, Francia Márquez has done nothing but smile...