The 23-year-old fashion designer dresses Colombia's first black vice president
Esteban Sinisterra Paz, a 23-year-old fashion designer from Colombia's conflict-torn and impoverished Pacific region, hadn't started his career in a long time when he received a call from a historical customer.
Francia Márquez – the famous environmental activist and the first black woman elected vice-president of Colombia – was online, and she wanted to have two outfits made.
"When I got her call it was amazing because it wasn't just about me or her, but our whole community," said Sinisterra, an Afro -Colombian who runs the bespoke label. , Esteban African. "This is a story written by all those who were excluded and ignored, but one day stood up and said, 'We want change for our community'."
Sinisterra and millions of other voters got his wish on the evening of June 16 when Gustavo Petro, 62 - a former guerrilla fighter and former mayor of Bogota, the capital, won the presidency after a long and bitter campaign to wrest power from the country's political elites. When Petro takes office today, it will be the first time the conservative South American country has been ruled by a leftist.
His campaign was bolstered by the arrival of Márquez, 40, on the ticket, which made headlines around the world when she became Petro's running mate in March. Like Petro – who was a member of the now-defunct M-19 rebel group in his youth – Márquez is seen as an incendiary outsider. Much of her support often stems from the fact that she is not your typical politician, fair-skinned and from a wealthy political and business background.
"The...
Esteban Sinisterra Paz, a 23-year-old fashion designer from Colombia's conflict-torn and impoverished Pacific region, hadn't started his career in a long time when he received a call from a historical customer.
Francia Márquez – the famous environmental activist and the first black woman elected vice-president of Colombia – was online, and she wanted to have two outfits made.
"When I got her call it was amazing because it wasn't just about me or her, but our whole community," said Sinisterra, an Afro -Colombian who runs the bespoke label. , Esteban African. "This is a story written by all those who were excluded and ignored, but one day stood up and said, 'We want change for our community'."
Sinisterra and millions of other voters got his wish on the evening of June 16 when Gustavo Petro, 62 - a former guerrilla fighter and former mayor of Bogota, the capital, won the presidency after a long and bitter campaign to wrest power from the country's political elites. When Petro takes office today, it will be the first time the conservative South American country has been ruled by a leftist.
His campaign was bolstered by the arrival of Márquez, 40, on the ticket, which made headlines around the world when she became Petro's running mate in March. Like Petro – who was a member of the now-defunct M-19 rebel group in his youth – Márquez is seen as an incendiary outsider. Much of her support often stems from the fact that she is not your typical politician, fair-skinned and from a wealthy political and business background.
"The...
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