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Petro, a former guerrilla, channelled the defiant messages of famed Latin American revolutionaries.

Despite peace accords a decade ago, pockets of the country are still controlled by guerrillas, cartels, and other armed groups.

This investment is credited with weakening the Farc guerrilla group, which was at war with the state before officially demobilising in 2016.

Paramilitary groups emerged in Colombia in the 1980s to fight the Marxist-inspired guerrilla groups that had been battling the state since the 1960s.

Paramilitary groups emerged in Colombia in the 1980s to fight Marxist guerrillas that had taken up arms against the state.