Colombian presidential elections

Former guerrilla member Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential election. 1 day agoGustavo Petro the former M-19 guerrilla mayor Bogotá Senator for Colombia Humana party and leader of the Pacto Historico coalition has won the Colombian election with over 109 million votes compared to his political rival Rodolfo Hernández with 99 million.

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Supporters of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate after the presidential runoff election.

. 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. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022.

20 hours agoFormer Bogotá Mayor Gustavo Petro on Sunday won the second round of Colombias presidential election. 1 day agoBOGOTA Colombia -- Leftist ex-rebel holds slight lead over millionaire with 65 of ballots tallied in Colombias presidential election. Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff.

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. 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. Polls put the two candidatesformer rebel member leftist Gustavo Petro and the conservative outsider Rodolfo Hernándezneck-and-neck.

A rattled country looks left but will voters make historic pivot. Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández receives a warm welcome at the National Congress of Oil Palm Growers in Bucaramanga Colombia on June 3. 2 Petro won the runoff becoming the first left-wing.

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. By Antonio Maria Delgado and. BOGOTÁ Colombia In a shock to a.

C The next president of Colombia will be elected by the people on Sunday. June 19 2022 756 PM. 2 days agoColombians will go to the polls tomorrow in the final round of a presidential election thats had many surprises.

Petro a member of the Colombian Senate who was once a member of the M-19 guerrilla. BOGOTA June 14 Reuters - Colombias police are on maximum alert after detecting plans by radical groups to reject the results of a second presidential election vote on Sunday and. 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.

Editor June 17 2022. Bogota CNN Colombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. The support Petro has garnered can be partially attributed to.

After one of the most contested campaigns in recent Colombian history 22. Petros running mate vice-presidential candidate Francia Marquez has sent shockwaves through Colombias political scene. 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.

It is a race that seems to have defied every expectation and has been one the most significant for decades. The 40-year-old Black feminist and single-mother garnered the third-most. 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.

There are two anti-establishment. Colombias presidential election. Petros showing was the latest leftist political victory in Latin America fueled by voters desire for change.

21 hours agoAbstentionism has been above 40 in every presidential election since 1990. The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter. 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.

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