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...Gustavo Petro is a former Marxist guerrilla and ex-mayor of Bogotá who if elected would be the first truly leftist leader in Colombia’s modern history....
...He will now face former leftwing guerrilla Gustavo Petro in a run-off on June 19 and has a good chance of winning....
...Hernández accepted defeat within hours in a short video message....
...Gustavo Petro, a leftwing former guerrilla, won Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, beating populist businessman Rodolfo Hernández, according to an official fast count of the results....
...Businessman Rodolfo Hernández pulled off a strong second-place showing in Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, comfortably clinching a run-off next month against former leftwing guerrilla Gustavo...
...Gustavo Petro sees his victory in Colombia’s presidential election as the culmination of a life-long struggle for social justice that began as a student activist and clandestine guerrilla rebel....
...Gustavo Petro....
...A populist outsider is shaking up Colombia’s presidential election in the final days of campaigning, opening up what had largely been a two-horse race between radical leftwing senator Gustavo Petro and Federico...
...In last month’s first round of voting, Hernández pulled off a surprise by finishing second, earning a place in this weekend’s run-off against Gustavo Petro, a former leftwing guerrilla and mayor of Bogotá...
...Leftwinger Gustavo Petro won an emphatic victory in a Colombian primary election on Sunday, confirming he is the man to beat in this year’s presidential vote, while his coalition did well in legislative...
...Melissa Saavedra was among thousands who flocked to the final pre-election rally of Gustavo Petro’s presidential campaign last weekend, hoping Colombia was on the brink of radical change under the former...
...A “third way” populist, Rodolfo Hernández, has 16 per cent and no other candidate approaches double digits....
...Colombians will go to the polls on Sunday for the second round of their country’s presidential election, which will decide whether the populist Rodolfo Hernández can see off former leftwing guerrilla Gustavo...
...Colombia’s Hernández goes from also-ran to the brink of power Just a few weeks ago, the rightwing populist Rodolfo Hernández looked destined to be a footnote in Colombia’s presidential election....
...a run-off next month against former leftwing guerrilla Gustavo Petro....
...His rival, 77-year-old populist businessman Rodolfo Hernández, took 47.3 per cent, according to provisional official results....
...That sentiment will be tested in the run-off between millionaire Rodolfo Hernández and the leftwing former guerrilla Gustavo Petro, who has proposed an agricultural revolution that will turn Colombia into...
...A run-off vote on Sunday pits former rebel Gustavo Petro against Rodolfo Hernández, a populist businessman known as “Colombia’s Trump”....
...Populist businessman Rodolfo Hernández pulled off a strong second-place in the earlier round, comfortably clinching a run-off against former leftwing guerrilla Gustavo Petro....
...Gustavo Petro took 50.5 per cent of the vote versus 47.3 per cent for his main rival Rodolfo Hernández. The new president is expected to usher in the most leftwing government in Colombia’s history....
...A run-off election is likely to follow on June 19 — most likely involving either centre-right candidate Federico “Fico” Gutiérrez or populist outsider Rodolfo Hernández....
...He’ll go into a second round against the populist rightwing candidate, Rodolfo Hernandez, later this month. On the campaign trail, Petro’s been met with great excitement....
...The leftwing candidate, Gustavo Petro, who came second to Duque four years ago, leads most polls....
...The frontrunner, former guerrilla and Bogotá mayor Gustavo Petro, has pledged to introduce policies such as a ban on oil exploration....
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