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Besides Colombia. Ecopetrol has assets in the US, Brazil, México, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, has pledged a clean break with what he sees as the confrontational, violent policies of his predecessor.

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

US President Biden commended the Colombian people for holding free and fair elections and reaffirmed U.S. support for Colombia.

"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...

Colombia's June presidential runoff will pit a former leftist rebel guerilla against a construction magnate who lost his daughter to leftist rebel guerillas.

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