Beyond his headline campaign pledges of making peace with the Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group National Liberation Army, moving on from the “failed” war on drugs, and a greater commitment to green energy, Colombia’s new president also has labour reform squarely in his sights.

Running on a pro-worker programme, Gustavo Petro beat his populist presidential opponent, Rodolfo Hernández, in June, to become his country’s first left-wing leader upon being sworn into office on 7 August.