With Petro and Hernández headed for the June runoff election, they’ll need to address the country’s escalating armed conflict.
Thursday, June 2, 2022 / By: Steve Hege
In the first round of Colombia’s presidential elections, long-standing opposition leader Gustavo Petro and newly emerged outsider Rodolfo Hernández both handily defeated the conservative establishment candidate Federico Gutiérrez. The latter’s third-place finish signals Colombians’ resounding rejection of the country’s status quo and a rebuke of the political establishment and predominant elites.
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