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Even throughout the terrible days when colombia was terrorised by the drug overlord pablo escobar, the country stayed remarkably stable and balanced politically. no extremism, no lurching to the far—left or far—right. at the moment, though, it's electing its new president, and the choice seems to be a stark one between a left—winger gustavo petro, who started off as a member of a guerrilla group in the 1970s, and a right—winger, rodolfo hernandez, who the colombian press are likening to brazil's president bolsonaro. petro, the former guerrilla, topped the poll with a0%. what will the r...

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. and a lot of discontent. so, these are the kind of voters that both petro and hernandez are trying to convince that they represent change, they represent a different deal and that they will have opportunities in the new colomb...

At the moment, though, it's electing its new president, and the choice seems to be a stark one between a left—winger gustavo petro, who started off as a member of a guerrilla group in the 1970s, and a right—winger, rodolfo hernandez, who the colombian press are likening to brazil's president bolsonaro. petro, the former guerrilla, topped the poll with a0%. what will the run—off between the two men bring? luis fajardo of bbc monitoring, who is colombian himself, is covering the election. colombians are absorbing the shock of two candidates completely from outside the political establishme...

Rodolfo Hernández, who was little known at the start of the year, surged into Colombia’s presidential run-off – and he now has a real chance at winning against leftist rival Gustavo Petro.

Colombia’s presidential election appears to be headed for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate garnering over 50% of the votes needed to clinch the first round.