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"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.

Things can get worse, much worse. But as Duque’s four year term comes towards a close, there is a practical consensus in Colombia that things could have been much better.