amy: we want to thank you for being with us, simone bruno, and manuel rozental.r from the first leftist president himself gustavo petro when we interviewed him on democracy now! a few years ago, as well as francia mÁrquez mina. we will hear from both of them in their own words on democracy now! stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "la mariposa" by victoria sur and jorge velosa. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. following the historic victory in colombia's presidential election of former guerrilla m-19 member and mayor of bogota gustavo petro and his running mate, the afro-colombian environmentalist, francia mÁrquez mina, we turn now to our interviews with them on democracy now! francia mÁrquez mina has made history by being elected as colombia's first black vice president. in march of this year, i spoke to francia mÁrquez when she was running for president. she lost in the primary to petro, but he went on to choose her as his running mate. i asked her why she was running for office. >> well, i t

simon jack, bbc news. brazil says it's stepping up its search for a british journalist and a brazilian indigenous expert after it was criticised for its slow response to their disappearance. dom phillips was travelling with bruno50 members of the security forces taking part in the search, up from just a dozen in the first few days. brazilian football legend pele is also among those who urged the authorities to scale up their search. he retweeted this video in which mr phillips' wife, alessandra sampaio, said she hoped that "the love of my life" would be found alive. and mr phillips' sister sian also made a plea to intensify the search. he loves the country and cares deeply about the amazon and the people there. we knew it was a dangerous place, but dom really believes it's possible to safeguard the nature and the livelihood of the indigenous people. in a television interview on tuesday, brazilian president jair bolsonaro said... while former president lula da silva tweeted these images of the pair. he says... "indigenist bruno araujo pereira and englishjournalist dom phillips were in the region reporting invasions of indigenous lands. i hope they are found soon, that they are safe and well." our correspondent