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Petro's new appointments seem to be a bid to calm fears of a radical, militant presidency.

"I wouldn’t be surprised if the more prosperous, urban, multiple degree‐​holding types who supported Petro thinking he was some sort of Nordic social democrat live to regret it." - Daniel Raisbeck

With almost 100% of voting sites reporting, Petro won with approximately 50.5% of the vote, compared to approximately 47.25% of the vote for Hernandez.

No matter who wins, we can expect plenty of drama in Colombia's Casa Nariño the next 4 years.

Petro, who is praised by his friends for his “solid Marxist foundation,” plans to ban all exploration of oil, Colombia’s main export, to expropriate the nearly $100 billion that are now saved in individual, private pension accounts, and to print money to pay for public spending...

In terms of consumer expectations, Colombians experienced an improvement from -7.4% to -3.5%.

Aside from his role as head of international investment for the BVC Colombian stock exchange and providing a column on economics for Finance Colombia, Rupert Stebbings has served on the board of directors for Viva, and wrote the corporate biography, "The Viva Effect."

Sectorially, financials (94.1%) are the top pick followed by Energy (82.4%), while oil has dropped away to 35.3%.

The big question on most investors' lips is 'Does Colombia have inflation under control?'

Poor Marquez is either sadly confused and bewildered, or worse, is so brazen as to not give a damn what she said.