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After winning a second mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people. lets get you live pictures from bogota where we expect the president elect to come out and speak. thats what were counting down to, this is the scene in the capital city were crowds are waiting for him. our correspondence, katie watson, is in columbia and sent us this. the atmosphere and gustavo petros hq atmosphere and gus...

Many major Latin American nations have elected leftist leaders at various times, but Colombia has until now only ever been governed by conservatives and liberals. The election of Gustavo Petro is also likely to shake up relations with Washington.

Gustavo Petro's election as the first left-wing president in Colombia's history sparks joy among similarly aligned Latin American leaders.

They have two really gained ground from the extremists. thank you very much for your time today. the former colombian rebel, gustavo petro, has promised to deliver real change for his country after being elected as the countrys first left—wing president. mr petro won 55.5% of the vote compared to the 47% won by his right—wing, populist opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro said his victory marked the beginning of a new phase in colombias history. with more, heres the bbc�*s south america c...

Rodolfo hernandez is a businessman, an outsider, a man whos been called colombias trump, and a man whose tik—tok videos and womanising have become more famous than his politics. his supporters, though, arent fazed. translation: |f| had money, id - do my own thing if it made me happy. hes a good thing because hes a businessman. hes a self—made man. hes a little confusing. the truth is that a vote for adolfo is against pedro. because we dont want socialism, we dont want these politics that are...

Looking like so far? well, there have been cues on both camps| looking like so far? well, there l have been cues on both camps of hernandez and petro but turnout generally is actually not that high here in colombia and that is what is said, if people could dont vote, they cannot complain about what the next four years hold. but not a lot of people feel these elections are important, that they will decide the future of colombia, perhaps more than in the past few years. itll be interesting to see ...

If elected, petro would become colombias first leftist president. the countrys police said this week they are on maximum alert after detecting plans by radical groups to commit acts of violence connected to the vote. well, for more im joined by katy watson in the colombian capital bogota. welcome to you. tell us more about the candidates and what they are offering. the candidates and what they are offerina. n :, , the candidates and what they are offerina. a . , ., , offering. actually, i am ust...

Members of rebel groups involved in drug trafficking. this is a problem for the new president, who takes office in august. forthe president, who takes office in august. for the colombian people, it is something that they couldnt imagine, it is something they didnt expect and as the new president said, it is a day ofjoy, the first victory for the colombian people. the fear of the opposition and many in colombia is that he will close on his ties with venezuela, which is next door, they are about 2...

A former leftist guerrilla and a millionaire businessman will go head-to-head on Sunday hoping to become the new president of Colombia.

A legal investigation precisely into corruption from when he was a mayor of a mid—sized city, which was only his previous political experience. he has been called the colombian bolsonaro or even the colombian donald trump. and there are a lot of young people in the electorate, i think a quarter under the age of 28? is that correct? thats specifically the age group he targeted with his tiktok campaign. thats one reason why he has been so effective. this group also, like in many other parts of t...