BOGOTA, Colombia — Last year, Fabian Espinel helped organize roadblocks where young people protested against police violence and government plans to increase taxes on lower-income Colombians.Now, as Colombia heads into its presidential election Sunday, Espinel walks the streets of working-class sectors in Bogota handing out flyers for front-running candidate Gustavo Petro and helps paint murals in support of the leftist politician.“Young people in this country are stuck,” said Espinel, who lost his job as an event planner during the pandemic and received no compensation from his company. “We hope Petro can change that. We need an economic model that is different than the one that has been failing us for years.”
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