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Sofía Petro: ‘Sexist violence permeates the government’
When Sofía Petro Alcocer (Bogotá, 22 years old) lands in Colombia, she is surrounded by a dozen bodyguards. The carefree life of a student that she has been living for five years in France, where she is studying a postgraduate degree in public policy, is put on hold during the holidays for family visits. She takes advantage of the opportunity to meet up with her friends in a café in Bogotá and to look for the few free spaces left by the presidency to spend time with her father, Gustavo Petro . When the Casa de Nariño, the official presidential residence, is empty, she takes care of the two dogs, Filipe and Tequila. She takes them with her to a café in Teusaquillo, a traditional and bohemian area of the city, to talk to EL PAÍS in the first interview she has given about her father’s government. Seguir leyendo