Colombia's President approves law banning bullfighting in Colombia
Colombian President Gustavo Petro approves the "No More Olé" bill banning bullfighting in the country, marking the end of a practice that was constitutionally recognized as culturally rooted.
Standing before a crowd gathered at the traditional bullring in downtown Bogota, renamed Plaza Cultural La Santamaria, President Petro says he hopes it will become a center for "life instead of death."
Standing before a crowd gathered at the traditional bullring in downtown Bogota, renamed Plaza Cultural La Santamaria, President Petro says he hopes it will become a center for "life instead of death."
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00:00In this moment, the President of the Republic signs the law that prohibits bullfighting in our country.
00:10And it is also the moment of the official photo.
00:18In this moment, the President of the Republic signs the law that prohibits bullfighting in our country.
00:48Of culture, of sport, perhaps, of life, not of death.
01:18It is very important. I was in different marches, in different peaceful processes.
01:24Against this, legal politicians. And they always censored, they always stopped.
01:29So today, in defense of life, it is very important for me to be here, in this place, celebrating this bill.