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May 31, 2022

Colombia's Gustavo Petro to Face Rodolfo Hernández in Presidential Runoff
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In Colombia, leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro will face off
right-wing businessman Rodolfo Hernández in a runoff election in June.
Petro won Sunday's first election round with just over 40% of the votes
- less than the majority needed to declare a first-round victory. In a
surprising result, far-right candidate Hernández placed second.
Hernández is a real estate tycoon who once called himself a follower of
Adolf Hitler. Petro is a former guerrilla member who has vowed to fight
worsening inequality in Colombia with landmark policies including a tax
reform and redistribution of pension savings. His running mate is the
Goldman Prize-winning environmental activist Francia Márquez Mina, who
could become Colombia's first Black vice president. Both Petro and Mina
have received several death threats throughout their campaign. We'll
have more on Colombia's presidential election later in the broadcast.


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