00:00As presidential elections in Colombia are just days away, let's take a look at the profile
00:04of Aida Quilcue, running for the Vice Presidency of the country next to the presidential candidate
00:10Iván Cepeda from the Historic Pact Party.
00:13Aida Quilcue represents the voice of Colombia's native peoples, a leader of the Nasa people
00:20and a key figure of the historic pact.
00:22Her career is a testimony to indigenous resistance against dispossession and violence.
00:26She was the first woman to preside over the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca where
00:31she was one of the main architects of the historic indigenous mobilization that brought thousands
00:39of people to Bogota to demand their rights.
00:41In 2022 she made history by becoming one of the first indigenous women to reach the Senate
00:47of the Republic.
00:48From her seat she promotes an agenda focused on agrarian reform, environmental justice and
00:54the protection of ancestral territories.
00:55Iván Cepeda represents the alliance between social movements and the government with her
01:00presence at the Congress being a symbol of the struggle for a more inclusive country.
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