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I think it was a nail—biter until the very end. i was at the petro ho. it took people by surprise, a pleasant surprise. the atmosphere was absolutely electric when he finally won. but colombia has been surprisingly, given the history of all the narco troubles that it's seen, its actually politically been quite stable. do you think that we're coming to the end of that now? i think petro's win will unsettle markets. i think that his critics said that his economic plans were economic suicide. he wants to move away from fossil fuels, away from away from exploring for more oil. and i think that's...

Expectations from his supporters that he can change colombia, but he has four years to do it. and i think there will be a lot of, he'll have this kind of honeymoon period, but it's going to be a really tough, tough ride. and of course, a lot of people are going to think venezuela, aren't they? i think everybody uses venezuela as this kind of ghost of latin america. whenever you speak to somebody who is a bit nervous of the left, they say we don't want to become the new venezuela. when petro won, hernandez conceded defeat very quickly. ivan duque, who's the right wing incumbent, deeply unpopula...

Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.

Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.

President biden and colombia's president—elect, gustavo petro, have promised to work together to address climate change, drug trafficking and bilateral security. in their first phone call since mr petro was elected on sunday, mr biden also said he would help colombia in the full implementation of a peace deal with the farc rebel group, which was signed six years ago. mr petro, a former marxist rebel himself, has become colombia's first left—wing leader. a plane with 150 passengers and crew on board has made an emergency landing at miami international airport. the red air plane had reported...