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‘Let’s make history’: Colombia could elect first leftist president in runoff - The Guardian
6/19/22 at 9:00am
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Photograph: Raúl Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images Colombia ‘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 Voters head to the polls in Colombia on Sunday in a historic presidential election that could see the left win for the first time in the conservative South American country. Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla and mayor of Bogotá, will face off against Rodolfo Hernández, a populist business tycoon and the former mayor of the city of Bucaramanga, in a contest where both candidates have cast themselves as political outsiders. Hernández shocked Colombia when he made it to Sunday’s runoff after ousting a number of career politicians from the race in the first round of voting on 29 May. “One of the things that makes this election stand out is that it draws apart the traditional political forces that have been waging power in the country for two decades,” said Sergio Guzmán, an analyst who runs the consultancy Colombia Risk Analysis.
The election is being contested by mayor of Bogotá Gustavo Petro and populist business tycoon Rodolfo Hernández
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/colombia-elections-first-left-government-voting
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