afro-colombian – The Philadelphia Observer https://philadelphiaobserver.com Just another WordPress site Sat, 28 May 2022 16:01:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Black Activist Francia Marquez Could be Colombia’s Vice President https://philadelphiaobserver.com/black-activist-francia-marquez-could-be-colombias-vice-president/ Sat, 28 May 2022 16:01:29 +0000 https://philadelphiaobserver.com/?p=3849

*Prominent Black activist Francia Márquez could become Columbia’s next vice president.

Márquez has “faced death threats, racist tweets — even an assassination attempt,” per The Washington Post, also noting that “the president of Colombia’s senate accused her of links to one of the country’s most violent guerrilla groups,” the outlet writes.

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“What really makes the president uncomfortable,” she said, “is that today, a woman who could have been the woman in his house, working as a maid, could now be his vice president.”

Márque, 40, is an Afro-Colombian single mother of two who has never held political office. She is also an award-winning environmental activist and “one of the most visible candidates in the election,” per the report.

Source: Black Activist Francia Marquez Could be Colombia’s Vice President | Video

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