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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 don't 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. it'll be interesting to see what turnout has been the second round.— interesting to see what turnout has been the second rou...

If elected, petro would become colombia's first leftist president. the country's 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 i'm 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 outside the i offering. actually, i amjust outside the headquarters i offering. actually, i amj...

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 couldn't imagine, it is something they didn't 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 million venezuelans who left venezuela because of the crisis and are living in colombia and they ...

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? that's specifically the age group he targeted with his tiktok campaign. that's one reason why he has been so effective. this group also, like in many other parts of the world, has a lot of unemployment, young people who are neither in employment or in education. a...