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The economist former guerrilla and former mayor of Bogotá Gustavo Petro previously a candidate in the 2010 and 2018 Colombian presidential elections has maintained a lead in most opinion polls and could become the first president of Colombia from a left-wing coalition. Two anti-establishment candidates Gustavo Petro a leftist and Rodolfo Hernández a right-wing businessman and former.

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On Sunday Gustavo Petro became the first leftist to be elected president in Colombia after beating rival Rodolfo Hernandez in a runoff voteMost Read from BloombergUS Futures Gain With European Stocks.

. Colombias highly anticipated presidential elections on Sunday resulted in victory for two anti-establishment candidates. AP PhotoFernando Vergara AP. Gustavo Petro is a former-guerrilla-turned-mayor of Bogota and then a senator.

Markets WrapBiden Says US Recession Avoidable After Call With Ex-Treasury. 2 days agoSupporters of Gustavo Petro celebrate his election as Colombias first leftist president. Six years after the peace deal between the government of.

BOGOTA June 19 Reuters - Leftist Gustavo Petro a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change will be Colombias next. And in the March 2022 legislative elections Uribes Centro Democrático fell from being the most powerful movement in Congress to being a minority. 2 days agoby Adriaan Alsema June 19 2022.

Bogota Colombia In presidential and legislative elections Colombian voters signalled they want change solidifying a left-wing former guerrilla members lead in the presidential race and. Colombias presidential runoff election could test the United States relationship with its most reliable ally in Latin America with potentially significant consequences for the. The election result could upend the USs relationship with Colombia whose influence in the region has been waning for some time.

He defeated right-wing. 2 days agoA woman cleans the capitals main voting center in preparation of the presidential runoff election in Bogota Colombia Friday June 17 2022. Bogota CNNColombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of.

In Colombia a Leftist and a Right-Wing Populist Move on to June Runoff. Ingrid Betancourt a former FARC hostage dropped out of the race on May 20 and backed Hernández. Meanwhile Colombias social explosion was underway changing the image of a stable country on the rise to one of an ungovernable and fragmented state.

2 days agoThe victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombias presidential election has continued a leftward swing in Latin America and was quickly praised. Ivan ValenciaAP BOGOTÁ Colombia Colombians headed to the polls on Sunday. Colombias 2022 Presidential Runoff.

Colombias election could deliver the countrys first left-wing president an outcome with the potential to transform Bogotas approaches to economic policy peace negotiations and foreign. 2 days agoFormer rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday ushering in a new era of politics for. This tracker was initially published on April 13 2022 and has since been updated.

See how the matchup between Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández is shaping up ahead of the June 19 vote. For the first time in its history Colombia has elected a leftist president. Progressive Senator Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential elections according to the quick vote count by the National Registry.

Petro promised in September 2021 that he would retire from politics should his campaign for the presidency be unsuccessful. A voter marks his ballot during a presidential runoff election in Bucaramanga Colombia Sunday June 19 2022. Petro said he would do so as he does not want to be an eternal ca.

Petros journey from a fighter in the M-19 guerrilla army in the 80s to. BOGOTÁ ColombiaFor decades Colombia elected establishment politicians who hewed to the center-right and helped make the country the USs closest ally in the region. The preliminary results announced by the National Registry are unofficial and could be revised by the National Electoral Council after a formal scrutiny of the votes in the.

2 days agoBloomberg -- This story was originally published on Jan. Previous presidents of Colombia studied in the US. Bogota Colombia CNNToday Colombians will return to the polls to vote in the second round of the countrys presidential elections.

2 days agoWe are writing a new history for Colombia Latin America and the world declared Gustavo Petro the winner of Colombias presidential election in. Meet the 77-year-old TikTok star running for president of Colombia A 77-year-old populist who campaigns over TikTok and promises budget cuts and jail for corrupt officials is now neck and neck.

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