Colombian presidential elections

2 days agoA former rebel and longtime legislator won Colombias presidential election on Sunday galvanizing voters frustrated by decades of poverty and inequality under conservative leaders. 1 day agoMarxist former mayor of Bogotá and ex-member of the terrorist M19 guerrilla organization Gustavo Petro declared victory Sunday night in Colombias presidential election despite dismissing the entire endeavor as rigged and calling Colombias top election official a liar days prior.

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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.

. 1 day agoLeftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro casts a vote at a polling station in Bogota Colombia on Sunday. The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter. Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández receives a warm welcome at the National Congress of Oil Palm Growers in Bucaramanga Colombia on June 3.

Colombias presidential election is down to the wire with polls showing both candidates in a near statistical tie. Unlike other countries in the Latin America Colombia has never elected a President. BOGOTÁ Colombia The final round of Colombias presidential election is scheduled for Sunday June 19 and the clear winner is still difficult to determine.

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

A civil engineer by training Gutiérrez first served on the Medellín city council from 2004 to 2011 before narrowly edging out Democratic Centers candidate to win the citys mayoral. As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 50 of the votes a runoff is scheduled to be held on 19 June 2022 between the top two candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández Suárez. For generations Colombia has been dominated by a small political establishment that ranges from the center right to the hard right.

Gutiérrez 47 won Team Colombias nomination with 22 million ballotsfaring better than the tight race some pre-election polls had forecast. 19 hours agoGustavo Petro speaking at a rally on June 19. BOGOTÁ Colombia In a shock to a.

2 days agoA voter marks his ballot during a presidential runoff election in Bucaramanga Colombia Sunday June 19 2022. Supporters of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate after the presidential runoff election. 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.

The latest polls predict a statistical tie between two candidates who embody different ideologies but still promise change. Petros running mate vice-presidential candidate Francia Marquez has sent shockwaves through Colombias political scene. Team Colombia We Believe Colombia.

The New York. The 40-year-old Black feminist and single-mother garnered the third-most. If leftist candidate Gustavo Petro wins he will be the first left-wing president.

Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff. 1 day agoFormer rebel wins Colombias presidential election. 1 day agoAbstentionism has been above 40 in every presidential election since 1990.

Ivan ValenciaAP BOGOTÁ Colombia Colombians headed to the polls on Sunday. 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. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022.

Gustavo Petro a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement has won Colombias presidency. Colombian centre-right presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez gestures as he speaks during a gathering with supporters in Miami Florida US. 1 day agoW e are writing a new history for Colombia Latin America and the world declared Gustavo Petro the winner of Colombias presidential.

The last four years in Colombia have been difficult. 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. Incumbent president Iván Duque was ineligible for a second term.

Luisa GonzalezReuters Leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro wins narrow victory in. Bogota CNN Colombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. 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.

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