Colombia elections

A 77-year-old populist who campaigns over TikTok and promises budget cuts and jail for corrupt officials is now neck and neck with his. 2 days agoA voter marks his ballot during a presidential runoff election in Bucaramanga Colombia Sunday June 19 2022.

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. AP PhotoFernando Vergara AP. Petro said he would do so as he does not want to be an eternal ca. 2 days agoA woman cleans the capitals main voting center in preparation of the presidential runoff election in Bogota Colombia Friday June 17 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. Progressive Senator Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential elections according to the quick vote count by the National Registry. 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.

Everything remains to be seen. Bogota Colombia In presidential and legislative elections Colombian voters signalled they want change solidifying a left-wing former guerrilla members lead in the presidential race and. Two anti-establishment candidates Gustavo Petro a leftist and Rodolfo Hernández a right-wing businessman and former.

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 Colombia a Leftist and a Right-Wing Populist Move on to June Runoff. 2 days agoFormer rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday ushering in a new era of politics for.

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. Bogota CNNColombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. Ingrid Betancourt a former FARC hostage dropped out of the race on May 20 and backed Hernández.

2 days agoColombias presidential runoff election could test the United States relationship with its most reliable ally in Latin America with potentially significant consequences for the region. 1 day agoColombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly defeated a real estate tycoon in a runoff election that underscored peoples disgust with the countrys traditional politicians. 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.

Six years after the peace deal between the government of. 1 day agoThe victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombias presidential election has continued a leftward swing in Latin America and was quickly praised. We commend the many officials public servants and volunteers whose dedication made these elections possible.

On behalf of the United States I congratulate the people of Colombia for making their voices heard in a free and fair presidential election. Ivan ValenciaAP BOGOTÁ Colombia Colombians headed to the polls on Sunday. 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.

BOGOTA June 19 Reuters - Leftist Gustavo Petro a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change will be Colombias next. Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff. This tracker was initially published on April 13 2022 and has since been updated.

Bogota Colombia CNNToday Colombians will return to the polls to vote in the second round of the countrys presidential elections. Petro promised in September 2021 that he would retire from politics should his campaign for the presidency be unsuccessful. 2 days agoby Adriaan Alsema June 19 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. On Sunday 19 June all eyes will once again be on Colombia and the results of the second round of the presidential elections. Colombias election will go to a runoff between two opposing anti-establishment candidates on 19 June after voters on Sunday were unable to pick a president outright.

The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter. Colombias 2022 Presidential Runoff. See how the matchup between Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández is shaping up ahead of the June 19 vote.

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