Colombian presidential elections

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

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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.

. 1 day agoFormer guerrilla member Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential election on Sunday to become the countrys first leftist head of state in a tight race marked by voters strong desire for change. For the first time Colombia will have a leftist president. House candidate touts record says Spanberger is worst kind of politician ahead of Virginia GOP primary.

13 hours agoCNN. 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. Gustavo Petro a former rebel and a longtime senator who has pledged to transform the.

2022 Colombian presidential election. 1 day agoAbstentionism has been above 40 in every presidential election since 1990. 1 day agoA voter marks his ballot during a presidential runoff election in Bucaramanga Colombia Sunday June 19 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. BOGOTÁ Colombia In a shock to a. 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.

Luisa GonzalezReuters Leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro wins narrow victory in. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022. Colombian presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández receives a warm welcome at the National Congress of Oil Palm Growers in Bucaramanga Colombia on June 3.

Bogota CNN Colombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. 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.

Independent candidate Rodolfo Hernandez and leftist Gustavo Petro were locked in a tight virtual tie for the June 19 runoff election for. For generations Colombia has been dominated by a small political establishment that ranges from the center right to the hard right. Ivan ValenciaAP BOGOTÁ Colombia Colombians headed to the polls on Sunday.

1 day agoLeftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro casts a vote at a polling station in Bogota Colombia on Sunday. 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 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.

Supporters of Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro celebrate after the presidential runoff election. 19 hours 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. 18 hours agoWe are writing a new history for Colombia Latin America and the world declared Gustavo Petro the winner of Colombias presidential.

Gustavo Petros victory in Colombias presidential elections on Sunday opens a new page in the history of the countrys relations with the US. No major reports of violence or unrest marred the first round of voting in. Bogota Colombia CNNColombians are heading back to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a runoff vote.

2 Petro won the runoff becoming the first left-wing. The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter. Colombias highly anticipated presidential elections on Sunday resulted in victory for two anti-establishment candidates.

Colombias Observatory Mission for Elections. Unlike other countries in the Latin America Colombia has never elected a President.

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