Colombia: Left-wing ex-rebel Gustavo Petro wins presidency | Elections News
Petro defeats construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez by a margin of more than 700,000 votes in presidential runoff.
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Petro defeats construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez by a margin of more than 700,000 votes in presidential runoff.
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…
Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia's presidency Sunday, the first progressive to do so in the country's history.
Petro, a former mayor of capital Bogota and current senator, has pledged to fight inequality with free university education, pension reforms and high taxes on unproductive land.
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.