Francia Marquez, the Afro-Colombian rights activist campaigning for vice president of Colombia
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For the first time in Colombia's history, the left, led by former Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro, could win the presidential election set to begin Sunday. If it prevails, Afro-Colombian environmental and…
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Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia's “Politics of Death”
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Colombian voters elect country's first Black vice president – WKRG News 5
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Francia Márquez: The Afro-Colombian leader making a groundbreaking run for president · Global Voices
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Colombia Tries a Transformative Left Turn
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The Latest Breaking News from Francia Marquez – inkl news
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She represents me': the black woman making political history in Colombia, Global development
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Colombia could elect first black female vice-president as poll leader names pick, Colombia
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Meet Francia Márquez, the Afro-Colombian Land Defender Running to Be Colombia's First Black VP
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What Colombia's First Black VP Really Wants from the United States - POLITICO
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Colombian election catapults Black VP candidate to prominence
Francia Márquez shakes up Colombian politics with bid for vice-presidency
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