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Bogota,  Jun 19 - Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on Sunday, after beating millionaire businessman - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke

Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was on Sunday elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia, after beating millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a tense and unpredictable runoff election. With all votes counted, Petro — the 62-year-old former mayor of Bogota — won with 50.4 percent compared with Hernandez’s 47.3 percent. “As of today, Colombia is changing, a real change that guides us to one of our aims: the politics of love ... of understanding and dialogue,” Petro said. He...

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 rejects the ambitious proposals of Gustavo Petro, who will have to consider their concerns and negotiate with a divided Congress to deliver on promises.

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

Gustavo Petro, a former rebel fighter, will become Colombia's first left-wing leader.

Bogota, Jun 19 (EFE).- The Colombian left won the presidency for the first time in Sunday’s runoff election, with ex-guerrilla and former Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, with the Pacto Historico coalition, emerging victorious. With 98.86 percent of the votes counted, Petro has obtained 11,185,671 votes – or 50.49 percent – to independent populist Rodolfo Hernandez’s …

Gustavo Petro elected president of Colombia in 2nd round of elections-

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 history.

BOGOTA/BUCARAMANGA—Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, who has vowed social and economic change, ...

Colombian military has released several images of one of the worlds most valuable shipwrecks worth a staggering $17 billion.