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The United Nations General Assembly is continuing today in New York.

On Tuesday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro gave an inspired address calling to end

wars while doing more to combat climate change, which he described as the mother of all crises.

Petro called for the United Nations to hold peace summits to resolve the conflicts in

Ukraine and Palestine.

Gustavo Petro is the first leftist to ever be president of Colombia, the second largest

country in South America after Brazil.

He was elected last year after campaigning to fight against inequality and poverty, increased

taxes on the wealthy, expand social programs, or store peace and end Colombia's dependence

on fossil fuels.

Gustavo Petro ran for office with Francia Marquez-Mina, who became the first black woman and the

first Afro-Columbian ever elected vice president.

Gustavo Petro is a former M19 guerrilla, who went on to become the mayor of Bogota and

a senator.

Well on Tuesday, I had a chance to sit down with President Petro for an exclusive broadcast

interview.

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