Colombian presidential elections

Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández speaks during a gathering with the Colombian community in Miami Florida on. If leftist candidate Gustavo Petro wins he will be the first left-wing president.

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Gustavo Petros victory in Colombias presidential elections on Sunday opens a new page in the history of the countrys relations with the US.

. 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. A worker helps prepare a polling station in Bogotá Colombia on June 16. Supporters of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate after the presidential runoff election.

Independent candidate Rodolfo Hernandez and leftist Gustavo Petro were locked in a tight virtual tie for the June 19 runoff election for. Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández receives a warm welcome at the National Congress of Oil Palm Growers in Bucaramanga Colombia on June 3. No major reports of violence or unrest marred the first round of voting in.

23 hours agoWe are writing a new history for Colombia Latin America and the world declared Gustavo Petro the winner of Colombias presidential. 2 days agoColombians will go to the polls tomorrow in the final round of a presidential election thats had many surprises. Here what to know about the Colombian presidential election.

For the first time Colombia will have a leftist president. 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. On May 29 over 39 million Colombians will go to the electoral boards to elect the president and vice president for the period 2022-2026.

Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff. 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. The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter.

The elections take place amid a great polarization among voters and a strong scenario of violence against candidates most of whom closed their election campaigns on May 22 with massive acts in several cities. Bogota CNN Colombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. 2 Petro won the runoff becoming the first left-wing.

Colombias presidential election is down to the wire with polls showing both candidates in a near statistical tie. Bogota Colombia CNNColombians are heading back to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a runoff vote. 1 day agoAbstentionism has been above 40 in every presidential election since 1990.

Gustavo Petro a former rebel and a longtime senator who has pledged to transform the. 18 hours agoCNN. 2022 Colombian presidential election.

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. There are two anti-establishment. Colombias highly anticipated presidential elections on Sunday resulted in victory for two anti-establishment candidates.

Raul ArboledaAFPGetty Images BOGOTÁ Colombia Colombia will hold a presidential election on Sunday unlike any. 1 day agoLeftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro casts a vote at a polling station in Bogota Colombia on Sunday. 1 day agoFormer rebel wins Colombias presidential election.

BOGOTÁ Colombia In a shock to a. 1 day agoGustavo Petro claimed victory in the Colombian presidential election on June 19 becoming the countrys first leftist head of statePetro a former guerilla fighter with the 19th of April Movement and mayor of Bogota defeated businessman Rodolfo Hernandez with 504 percent of the vote El Tiempo reportedThis video streamed live on Facebook. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022.

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. Luisa GonzalezReuters Leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro wins narrow victory in. Gustavo Petro a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement has won Colombias presidency.

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