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Colombians have elected a new president. Gustavo Petro, 62, is set to become the first leftist in the country's top job. The former rebel of the now defunct M-19 movement beat millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in Sunday's election. Petro will take the oath of office in August, replacing the deeply unpopular Ivan Duque. For analysis, we speak to Gerard Martin, a political sociologist based in Medellin, Colombia.
Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on Sunday (June 19), after beating millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a tense and unpredictable runoff election. In another historic achievement for a country where 10 percent of the population identify as Afro-descendants, environmental activist and feminist Francia Marquez will become Colombia's first black woman vice president. Christopher Sabatini, a senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, gives his analysis.
Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on Sunday (June 19), after beating millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a tense and unpredictable runoff election.
Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro votes in Colombia's presidential election. Opinion polls show that many Colombians are pinning their hopes on Petro, an ex-guerrilla and former mayor of Bogota, to address poverty, rural violence, urban crime and endemic corruption. IMAGES
Colombian leftist Gustavo Petro came out on top in the first round of the Andean country's presidential election on Sunday (May 29) and will face a surprise contender - businessman Rodolfo Hernandez - in a second round on June 19. Pascal Drouhaud, Expert on Latin America, gives his analysis.
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