By Safire R. Sostre ·Updated June 21, 2022
For the first time in Colombia’s history, a Black woman is set to become vice president. Francia Márquez, an Afro-Colombian environmental activist and lawyer, won Sunday’s runoff election as the running mate to President-elect Gustavo Petro, the country’s first progressive leftist leader.
Born in the small town of Yolombo, located in the Suárez municipality of the Cauca Mountains in southwest Colombia, Márquez is a
