Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian election, becoming the country's first Leftist president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/world/americas/gustavo-petro-colombia-election.html
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For the first time, Colombia will have a leftist president.
Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a longtime senator who has pledged to transform the countrys economic system, has won Sundays election, according to preliminary results, setting the third largest nation in Latin America on a radically new path.
Mr. Petro, 62, received more than 50 percent of the vote, with more than 99 percent counted Sunday evening. His opponent, Rodolfo Hernández, a construction magnate who had energized the country with a scorched-earth anti-corruption platform, just over 47 percent.
Shortly after the vote, Mr. Hernández conceded to Mr. Petro.
Colombians, today the majority of citizens have chosen the other candidate, he told his supporters in Bucaramanga. As I said during the campaign, I accept the results of this election.
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