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New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest

Fishermen arrive at Leticia, Colombia, Feb. 14, 2017, a port, by the Amazon river, in the border with Brazil and Peru. Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave) A painter draws a snake in the commercial area of Leticia, in Colombia's Amazon on June 15, 2022. Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave) Children play in a flooded area of Leticia, Colombia, Feb. 14, 2017, located by the Amazon river, in the border with Brazil and Peru. Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave) FILE - A pedestrian walks past branches and trunks in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 12, 2018, in front of the Attorney General's Office, placed there by activists as a form of protest denouncing the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) FILE - Then-Historical Pact coalition presidential candidate Gustavo Petro waves at supporters during a closing campaign rally in Zipaquira, Colombia, May 22, 2022. Petro, Colombia's first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) FILE - Local residents navigate the Amazon River near Leticia, Colombia, Sept. 7, 2019. Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)