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Raisbeck asks whether the Colombian republic can withstand what he calls Petro's iminent constitutional onslaught.

While legalizing the medical use of marijuana was a step in the right direction, the local industry has been saddled by red tape.

Neo-Marxist Petro blames the scandal on the "owners of capital," but the protagonists were his own chief of staff & campaign manager.

"I wouldn’t be surprised if the more prosperous, urban, multiple degree‐​holding types who supported Petro thinking he was some sort of Nordic social democrat live to regret it." - Daniel Raisbeck

Petro, who is praised by his friends for his “solid Marxist foundation,” plans to ban all exploration of oil, Colombia’s main export, to expropriate the nearly $100 billion that are now saved in individual, private pension accounts, and to print money to pay for public spending...