As a politician who speaks his mind and whose prospects for higher office are in any case limited, perhaps Petro will be willing to make courageous, unpopular decisions in the mold of London Mayor 'Red' Ken Livingstone.
Pobre Bogotá.....El ex guerrillero Gustavo Petro gana la alcaldía de Bogotá http://www.larepublica.ec/blog/portada/2011/10/30/gustavo-petro-es-el-nuevo-alcalde-de-bogota/