Colombia elects former rebel Gustavo Petro to become country's first leftist president - Fox News

Former rebel Gustavo Petro is set to be Colombia's first leftist president after voters handed him a slim victory in Sunday's runoff election against Rodolfo Hernández, a political outsider and ... Read More

Gustavo Petro Wins the Election, Becoming Colombia’s First Leftist Leader (Published 2022) - The New York Times

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For the first time, Colombia will have a leftist president. Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a longtime legislator, won Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday ... Read More

Former rebel Gustavo Petro wins runoff election to become Colombia's next president - CBS News

Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday, ushering in a new era of politics for Colombia by becoming the country's first leftist ... Read More

Colombia goes into elections Sunday with a leftist looking to make history

Colombia's presidential election is Sunday, and for the first time, a leftist candidate is favored to come out ahead. Business elites are nervous. Colombia goes into elections Sunday with a ... Read More

‘Rude awakening’: Elections seen as rebuke to Colombia’s Gustavo Petro | Elections News - Al Jazeera

What a difference a year makes for Gustavo Petro. Just 14 months after his historic election win, Colombia’s first-ever leftist president is struggling. His ambitious, wide-ranging reform ... Read More

Colombia’s dire president gets desperate

Colombia needs reform. It is among the world’s most unequal countries. It is painfully hard for a poor child to ascend into the middle class. In a study by the World Bank from 2018, Colombia had the ... Read More

Colombia's president at a rally calls for a special election on labor and health reforms - Newsday

President Gustavo Petro addresses supporters during a rally he called to back his labor and health reform proposals, which have struggled to gain legislative approval, outside Congress in Bogotá ... Read More

‘Coup has begun’: Colombia’s President Petro faces campaign election probe | Elections News - Al Jazeera

Petro, who became Colombia’s first leftist president following his 2022 election victory, quickly dismissed the investigation as an attempt to unseat him. “The coup has begun,” Petro said on ... Read More

Colombia elections test of Petro government’s peace | Miami Herald

Bogota. On Oct. 29, Colombia’s first elected left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, is facing local elections that will bluntly reveal the public mood. Read More

Colombia’s president at a rally calls for a special election on labor and health reforms - WTOP News

Political analysts in Colombia say that it will be hard for Petro’s government to convince enough voters to turn out for the election. The president was elected in 2022, with 11.2 million votes. Read More