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Colombia's new President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech after swearing in during his inauguration ceremony at Bolivar Square in Bogota, on August 7, 2022. Picture: Juan Barreto / AFP

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Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia's first leftist president

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