Colombia elections

1 day agoA woman cleans the capitals main voting center in preparation of the presidential runoff election in Bogota Colombia Friday June 17 2022. With Sundays election results Petro is poised to become the first leftist president of Colombia a country traditionally ruled by either conservatives or moderates and which underwent decades.

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1 day agoThe election was held amid a backdrop of rising inequality inflation and violence - factors that led voters in the first round last month to.

. 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. Ivan ValenciaAP BOGOTÁ Colombia Colombians headed to the polls on Sunday. The rival campaigns in Colombias elections have both claimed that Sundays vote will be rigged against their candidates.

Everything remains to be seen. The election result could upend the USs relationship with Colombia whose influence in the region has been waning for some time. Progressive Senator Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential elections according to the quick vote count by the National Registry.

1 day agoGustavo Petro the leftist former mayor of Bogota and ex-rebel fighter has been declared the winner of Colombias presidential election. Previous presidents of Colombia studied in the US. 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.

His 113m votes helped by a record turnout of 58 mark the highest tally. 7 along with his running mate Francia Marquez a 40-year-old environmental. Gustavo Petro a former member of the M-19 rebel movement who has vowed profound social and economic change has won Colombias presidency beating the construction magnate Rodolfo.

Ingrid Betancourt a former FARC hostage dropped out of the race on May 20 and backed Hernández. 2 days agoBogota Colombia CNNToday Colombians will return to the polls to vote in the second round of the countrys presidential elections. The accusations suggest that the losing candidate may refuse to recognize the election results.

This tracker was initially published on April 13 2022 and has since been updated. By Adriaan Alsema June 14 2022. Gustavo Petro is a former-guerrilla-turned-mayor of Bogota and then a senator.

1 day agoFormer guerrilla wins Colombias presidential election first leftist leader in nations history Former guerrilla member Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential election on Sunday to become the countrys first leftist head of state in. 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. Six years after the peace deal between the government of.

Colombias 2022 Presidential Runoff. 1 day agoThe 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. 19 hours agoMr Petro won by 504 to 473 a wider than expected margin in a run-off against Rodolfo Hernández a property tycoon.

AP PhotoFernando Vergara AP. 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. Meet the 77-year-old TikTok star running for president of Colombia A 77-year-old populist who campaigns over TikTok and promises budget cuts and jail for corrupt officials is now neck and neck.

See how the matchup between Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández is shaping up ahead of the June 19 vote. 1 day ago19 Jun 2022. He assumes office on Aug.

1 day agoFormer rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday ushering in a new era of politics for. 1 day agoA voter marks his ballot during a presidential runoff election in Bucaramanga Colombia Sunday June 19 2022. 1 day agoPetro took 504 to 473 for Hernandez according to Colombias election authorities.

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. On Sunday 19 June all eyes will once again be on Colombia and the results of the second round of the presidential elections. 1 day agoby Adriaan Alsema June 19 2022.

Will it be more of the same in Colombia one of the most dangerous countries for human rights defenders or will there be a change depending on whether the candidate of the left or the right wins. He defeated right-wing. Public confidence in the organizer of the elections national registrar Alexander Vega.

For the first time in its history Colombia has elected a leftist president.

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