BREAKING: Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, is elected Colombia's next president after beating construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez in a tight race
Gustavo Petro will succeed the deeply unpopular conservative Ivan Duque, who was barred by Colombia's constitution from standing for reelection.
Leftist ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro has defeated millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernandez in Colombia's presidential vote, according to a live count on the Latin American country's election authority website. Petro, a senator in his third attempt to win the presidency, had 50.47 percent of the votes, while real estate magnate Hernandez had 47.27 percent, with almost all ballots counted, according to results released by election authorities on Sunday.Petro will succeed the deeply unpopular conservative Ivan Duque, who was barred by Colombia's constitution from standing for reelection, in a country saddled with widespread poverty, a surge in violence and other woes.
The electoral observer mission said one of Petro's election monitors and a soldier were killed, both in the south. Colombian voters choose between leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro and independent millionaire Rodolfo Hernandez. Journalist Manuel Rueda has more
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