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With more than 99.9 percent of votes counted, Petro—the 62-year-old former mayor of Bogota—held an unassailable lead of 50.45 percent compared to Hernandezs 47.3 percent.

Gustavo Petro, mistrusted by many investors, wants to transform the country’s business-friendly economic model.

Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday, ushering in a new era of politics for Colombia by becoming the countrys first leftist president.

BOGOTA (Reuters) — The election of Colombias first leftist president, Gustavo Petro, is indicative of widespread yearning for a more equal and inclusive society, analysts and business leaders said, but

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Gustavo Petros election on Sunday as the first left-wing president in Colombias history sparked joy among fellow Latin American leaders with similar ideologies.

Gustavo Petro was elected president of Colombia on Sunday after defeating independent candidate Rodolfo Hernandez in the second round of elections in a very close race, the state-run National Civil Registry reported.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) is open to advancing peace talks with the incoming government of President-elect Gustavo Petro, it said on Monday, and called for reforms to tackle social exclusion and inequality.

Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as its next president, but the slim victory indicates many reject the ambitious proposals of Gustavo Petro.

Colombia has become the latest Latin American nation to pivot hard to the left with Sunday's election of Gustavo Petro, a former Marxist guerrilla fighter turned socialist mayor of Bogota, as its next president.