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Petro faces challenges to deliver Colombians promised change

Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as its next president, but the narrow victory with only a 3-percentage-point margin is a cue that a large portion of the South American country rejects the ambitious proposals of Gustavo Petro

The Independent UK

First Thing: Gustavo Petro becomes Colombia’s first leftist president

Former guerrilla fighter beat populist business tycoon Rodolfo Hernández in runoff yesterday. Plus, Kyiv residents take steps towards normality

The Guardian - UK

Colombia picks 1st leftist president in tight runoff contest

Colombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly defeated a real estate millionaire in a runoff election that underscored people’s disgust with the country’s traditional politicians

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Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins Colombian election to become first leftist president

Former fighter in the M-19 militia beat populist business tycoon and fellow political outsider Rodolfo Hernández in runoff on Sunday

The Guardian - AU

Colombia elects Gustavo Petro as country's first leftist president

Petro's running mate, Francia Márquez, is set to become the country's first Black vice president.

Axios

‘Let’s make history’: Colombia could elect first leftist president in runoff

The election is being contested by mayor of Bogotá Gustavo Petro and populist business tycoon Rodolfo Hernández

The Guardian - US

Former rebel Gustavo Petro wins Colombia's presidential election

Colombians elect the country's first leftist president and first Black woman to be vice president.

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Tight Colombian runoff pits former rebel, millionaire

Voters in Colombia will choose between a leftist former rebel and an unpredictable millionaire Sunday when they vote in a presidential runoff election that promises to reshape the country after a first round of voting that punished the political class

The Independent UK

Colombia's Runoff Elections Are Sunday: What Do The Candidates Think of Cannabis Legalization?

On Sunday, June 19, the Colombian runoff election will define who will be the next president of the Latin-American country. Candidates are Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández.

Benzinga

Colombia faces presidential choice between leftist, populist

Colombians can count on one thing: The country’s presidential politics will drastically change after Sunday’s runoff election

The Independent UK

Colombian mayor who called Hitler ‘great German thinker’ could be country’s next president

TikTok using, elite-bashing, Hitler-praising candidate revels in his unruly behavior yet is now tied with his leftist opponent

The Guardian - US

After Colombia's election surprise, a populist TikTok star poses stiff competition

A 77-year-old populist who campaigns over TikTok and promises budget cuts and jail for corrupt officials is now neck and neck with his leftist opponent ahead of Sunday's runoff election.

WEKU

The 'pink tide' is rising in Latin America

'Corruption isn't fought with slogans on TikTok," complained veteran Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro. But social media can win elections, and a right-wing dark horse called Rodolfo Hernández, who calls himself the "King of TikTok", may crush Mr Petro's hopes of becoming Colombia's first-ever leftist president next Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Significant shift expected in relations between US, longtime Latin American ally Colombia

LOS ANGELES — The United States is about to lose its best friend in Latin America.

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The left could be poised to take power in Colombia for the first time

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, obtained 40.34 per cent of the vote in the first round of Colombian elections on May 29.

Crikey

Politics is not as usual in Colombia, too, as presidential race hits final stages

Colombia is soon to return to the polls, choosing between two anti-establishment candidates. But what does this mean for world politics?

Axios

A Leftist and a right-wing populist will face off in Colombia's presidential runoff

The runoff between Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández is scheduled for June 19.

WEKU

A leftist will face a businessman as Colombia's presidential race heads to a runoff

The results represent a major shift in the Latin American country's presidential politics that conservatives and moderates had long dominated.

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The Independent UK

Ex-rebel, businessman to vie in Colombia presidential runoff

Colombian voters have opted for a dramatic change in presidential politics, choosing a leftist former rebel and an outsider populist businessman to advance to a runoff election in June

The Guardian - AU

Colombia presidential election: leftist former guerrilla and populist outsider head to runoff

Rivals Gustavo Petro will face Rodolfo Hernández on 19 June amid growing discontent over inequality and inflation

France 24

Colombia presidential election: Leftist Petro and populist Hernandez headed for run-off

The early vote count in Sunday’s six-way presidential election in Colombia pointed toward a run-off in June, with leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro leading in a ballot held amid growing discontent over increasing inequality and inflation.

The Independent UK

Colombians to vote for president amid generalized discontent

As Colombians emerge from the pandemic to find increasing inequality, inflation and violence, they will pick their next president Sunday from a pool of six men who are all promising various degrees of change amid a generalized sense that the country is headed in the wrong direction

WEKU

Colombia goes into elections Sunday with a leftist looking to make history

Colombia's presidential election is Sunday, and for the first time, a leftist candidate is favored to come out ahead. Business elites are nervous.

The Independent UK

Ex-rebel frontrunner in Colombian vote, could shake US ties

Colombians will pick from six candidates in a presidential ballot being held Sunday amid a generalized feeling the country is heading in the wrong direction

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