Leftwing candidate and former M19 guerrilla leader Gustavo Petro, 62, won Sunday s presidential elections in Colombia, as all polls had foreseen. But he will face 77-year-old populist Rodolfo Hernández at the runoff in three weeks, which nobody saw coming.
BOGOTA, Colombia A leftist former rebel and a populist businessman took the top two spots among the six candidates in Colombia's presidential election Sunday and headed to a runoff showdown in June.
Bogota (Prensa Latina) The political advance of the left-wing Historical Pact ticket of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez to the election runoff in Colombia predicts intense days in the campaign to reach the country's presidency.
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