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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?'

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

Colombia’s press freedom foundation, the FLIP has condemned Petro’s stigmatizations and cautions that his careless words may lead to violence

A recount shows the opposition was slighted by at least 390,000 votes so far, though the government spokesman swears fraud is impossible.

A similar program operates under leftist dictator Nicolás Maduro in neighboring Venezuela.

Gustavo Petro's campaign communications director Maria Antonia Pardo was rejected by the social media influencer, saying she feared Petro would ruin her business.