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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.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as president, but the slim victory is a cue that a large portion of the country

Photo: Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez celebrate with supporters on election night. Credit – @FranciaMarquezM A wave of massive celebrations swept t

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as its next...

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.

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla who wants to transform Colombia’s business-friendly economic model, was elected to the presidency, potentially setting up the most radical change of course in the Andean

Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia’s presidency on Sunday, the first progressive to do so in the country’s…

Gustavo Petro was elected President of Colombia after defeating independent candidate Rodolfo Hernandez in the second round of elections in a very close race, the state-run National Civil Registry reported.With 99.67 per cent of polling ...

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 country's first leftist president.

By Julia Symmes Cobb and Oliver Griffin