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The second majority headed by businessman Rodolfo Hernández and Marelen Castillo received 5953209 votes 2815. 1 day agoThe Colombian Election Press Statement Antony J.

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The president is elected for a four-year term by the people.

. 1 day agoThe victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombias presidential election has continued a leftward swing in Latin America and was quickly praised. Colombians are calling it the most consequential election in decades. 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.

BOGOTÁ ColombiaFor decades Colombia elected establishment politicians who hewed to the center-right and helped make the country the USs closest ally in the region. 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. Abstentionism has been above 40 in every presidential election since 1990.

Latin America leftist leaders praise Petro win 11 mins ago The victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombias presidential election has continued a leftward swing in Latin America and. Colombia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. 2 days agoProgressive Senator Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential elections according to the quick vote count by the National Registry.

2 days agoIf 62-year-old former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins on June 19 he will be Colombias first leftist leader. On May 29 Colombia will hold its first round of voting to choose the successor to President Ivan Duque who cant run for reelection due to term limits. Previous presidents of Colombia studied in the US.

He won the lefts primary-like interparty consultation in March with more votes than any candidate in any of the three competitions. Bogota CNN Colombias presidential election appears destined. 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 commit violence.

2 days agoColombians head to the polls on Sunday for a high-stakes election between two populist presidential candidates promising to fundamentally transform the country. Petro said he would do so as he does not want to be an eternal ca. 2 days agoColombia Election.

The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter. That era has come to a. We commend the many officials public servants and volunteers whose dedication made these elections possible.

On Sunday Latin Americas third largest nation heads to the polls to choose a. Ahead of the May 29 first-round vote the frontrunner is Gustavo Petro a former leftist guerilla who has served as mayor of Bogotá and is serving as senator. As we know last May 29th in the first round of the presidential elections the candidates of the Historical Pact Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez obtained the highest number of votes with 8527768 votes 4032.

The preliminary results announced by the National Registry are unofficial and could be revised by the National Electoral Council after a formal scrutiny of the votes in the coming week. Petro won the first round with just. 2 days agoBOGOTA Colombia -- Leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro wins narrow victory in Colombias presidential election edging out millionaire.

Petro a current senator and previous mayor of Bogota won 508 of votes figures from the national registry office showed while Hernandez trailed by 797973 votes tallying 469. Petro promised in September 2021 that he would retire from politics should his campaign for the presidency be unsuccessful. 1 day agoBOGOTA Colombia Colombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly defeated.

In 2018 he lost the presidential runoff to Ivan Duque. It is a presidential election unlike. The election result could upend the USs relationship with Colombia whose influence in the region has been waning for some time.

Top Stories Teen dead 3 adults --. Blinken Secretary of State June 19 2022 Share On behalf of the United States I congratulate the people of Colombia for making their voices heard in a free and fair presidential election. Gustavo Petro Makes History in Presidential Victory A former rebel and longtime legislator won Colombias presidential.

Gustavo Petro gestures as he speaks during a presidential debate at the headquarters of El Tiempo newspaper in Bogota on May 23 2022. The economist former guerrilla and former mayor of Bogotá Gustavo Petro previously a candidate in the 2010 and 2018 Colombian presidential elections has maintained a lead in most opinion polls and could become the first president of Colombia from a left-wing coalition. Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff.

The House of Representatives Cámara de Representantes has 162 members elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The Congress Congreso has two chambers. 1 day agoAbout 216 million of the 39 million eligible voters cast a ballot Sunday.

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