Former rebel Gustavo Petro is Colombia’s first left-wing president.
In Colombia, the left-wing, former rebel has won the rigorous second round of the presidential election Gustavo Petro.
When all the votes were counted, Petro’s support was 50.5 percent.
Petro becomes Colombia’s first left-wing president. He has promised to bring significant social and economic change to the country.
Petro’s opponent in the second round was a populist businessman Rodolfo Hernandezwhich has been designated local Donald Trump. Hernandez’s support remained at 47.3 percent.
In practice, Petro received more than 700,000 more votes than Hernandez.
Hernandez writes in a Facebook update that he admits his defeat.
Hernandez, who himself claims to be the king of TikTok, ran his campaign mainly on social media. In the week before the election, he appeared in public very rarely and repeatedly canceled interviews in the media.
In the first round of the presidential election at the end of May, no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote.
Colombia’s presidential election has been overshadowed by rampant poverty and violence in the country. For example, in the first round of the presidential race, candidates have received death threats.
Resigning president, very unpopular conservative Ivan Duque was prevented from running for office.