Francia Marquez, a trailblazing Afro-Colombian activist turned politico, launched an extraordinary broadside at her own colleagues, less than a year before a presidential election.
“The role of vice president has not been easy,” she told an event to mark the abolition of slavery Wednesday.
“It hasn’t been an easy task to govern in a country that has a racial state, and that has a government that practices racism and patriarchy.”
Her comments come as Gustavo Petro — Colombia’s first leftist president — struggles to carve a legacy before he must leave office next year.
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Marquez has had several public disputes with Petro, and was stripped of her role as equality minister earlier this year.
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Afro-Colombians make up at least 10 percent of Colombia’s population {snip}
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