Colombian presidential elections

Last updated May 17 2022 232 pm EST Colombias election could deliver the countrys first left-wing president an outcome with the potential to transform Bogotas approaches to economic. Petros running mate vice-presidential candidate Francia Marquez has sent shockwaves through Colombias political scene.

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1 day agoGustavo Petro a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement has won Colombias presidency.

. The New York. Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff. Petros showing was the latest leftist political victory in Latin America fueled by voters desire for change.

Luisa GonzalezReuters Leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro wins narrow victory in. The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter. Supporters of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate after the presidential runoff election.

For generations Colombia has been dominated by a small political establishment that ranges from the center right to the hard right. In the May 29 first-round election Colombians dealt a major blow to the political establishment putting Gustavo Petro into a runoff against Rodolfo Hernández. 2022 Colombian presidential election.

The 40-year-old Black feminist and single-mother garnered the third-most. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022. 2 Petro won the runoff becoming the first left-wing.

CNN Gustavo Petros victory in Colombias presidential elections on Sunday opens a new page in the history of the countrys relations with the US. The latest polls predict a statistical tie between two candidates who embody different ideologies but still promise change. Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historic Pact coalition speaks after casting his vote at a polling station next to his wife Veronica Alcocer and daughter during.

He will become the countrys first left-wing president and has vowed to bring about profound social. The last four years in Colombia have been difficult. Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández receives a warm welcome at the National Congress of Oil Palm Growers in Bucaramanga Colombia on June 3.

Chile Peru and Honduras elected leftist presidents in 2021 and in Brazil former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is leading the polls for this years presidential election. Bogota CNN Colombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. BOGOTA Colombia Leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential runoff election Sunday over a real estate millionaire ushering in a new era of politics in the South American.

1 day agoA former rebel and longtime legislator won Colombias presidential election on Sunday galvanizing voters frustrated by decades of poverty and inequality under conservative leaders. A supporter of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro pastes a banner before a rally at the Fontibon neighborhood in Bogota on June 12 2022. BOGOTÁ Colombia The final round of Colombias presidential election is scheduled for Sunday June 19 and the clear winner is still difficult to determine.

1 As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 50 of the votes a runoff was held on 19 June 2022 between the top two candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández Suárez. 1 day agoLeftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro casts a vote at a polling station in Bogota Colombia on Sunday. Unlike other countries in the Latin America Colombia has never elected a President.

19 hours agoW e are writing a new history for Colombia Latin America and the world declared Gustavo Petro the winner of Colombias presidential. 1 day agoAbstentionism has been above 40 in every presidential election since 1990. Colombias highly anticipated presidential elections on Sunday resulted in victory for two anti-establishment candidates.

14 hours agoGustavo Petro speaking at a rally on June 19. BOGOTÁ Colombia In a shock to a. A person prepares to vote during the presidential runoff election at a polling station set up at the Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta Colombia ahead of the weekends election.

Colombia held the first round of its presidential elections on May 29th and it is hard to overstate just how surprised most analysts were by the results.

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