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Meet Francia Márquez, The Social Activist Shaking Up Colombia’s Presidential Election Campaign

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Francia Márquez, a black female social activist, is the biggest revelation of Colombia’s presidential election campaign.

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She is now eyeing the Vice Presidency position, after putting herself in line for the country’s top job. ⁠
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Márquez, who was little known outside the Afro-Colombian community until this year, caused a sensation when she won the third-largest number of votes of any candidate in national presidential primaries last month. ⁠
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She polled 785,000 votes to comfortably beat much better-known politicians from traditional parties and gave Colombia’s long-neglected black and Afro-descendant community, estimated to number 4.7mn, a strong voice for the first time in a presidential election. ⁠
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As in many Latin American nations, politics and government in Colombia have largely been the preserve of long-established families of European or Levantine descent. When Márquez decided to run, her own community did not believe it was possible.

When she decided to run, “They were saying: Francia, you’ve gone mad,” she recalled.⁠
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She is now aiming for the vice-presidency as the running mate of Gustavo Petro, the radical Senator who most pollsters tip to win.

If the pair is successful, Márquez would take an additional role heading a new Ministry dedicated to eradicating inequality of race and gender in one of Latin America’s most class-ridden societies.⁠

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