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Colombian voters have opted for a dramatic change in presidential politics, choosing a leftist former rebel and an outsider populist businessman to advance to a runoff election in June, amid growing discontent over inequality and rising inflation.

Colombia's presidential race is headed for a runoff after leading candidate Gustavo Petro failed to get 50% of votes Read Full Article at RT.com

Gustavo Petro has proposed to legalise the consumption of cannabis and halt the forced eradication of coca crops

<p>One of them is businessman Hernandez, a local version of Bolsonaro who admires Hitler and asks migrant women not to have more children for "Gods sake."</p>

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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians vote on Sunday to choose a new president from among a former rebel promising generous social programs, a center-right candidate warning against a leftist economic model, and an eccentric business magnate.

Bogota, May 29 (Prensa Latina) A little more than 39 million people are elligeble to cast their votes today in the presidential elections in Colombia, considered crucial in Latin America.

Rodolfo Hernandez, a business magnate and social media activist...

Fabian Espinel last year helped organize concerts in the streets of Bogota, as young people protested against police violence and government plans to increase taxes on lower income Colombians. Now, as his country heads into its presidential election Sunday, he walks the streets of the capital's working-class sectors handing out flyers and painting murals in support of Gustavo Petro, the front-runner candidate who could become Colombia's first leftist head of state.

Colombians vote Sunday in a first round of presidential elections, with a leftist poised for victory for the first time in the country's troubled history.