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Colombia Presidential Elections Today, Huge for Latina America
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<blockquote data-quote="Christianna B." data-source="post: 1053" data-attributes="member: 54"><p>Colombians head to the polls today to make efforts to elect leadership capable of tackling the country’s major issues of economic and political challenges and upheavals.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>An unexpected left-wing candidate, Gustavo Petro, joins the political race. Petro infers a bid to improve upon Colombia’s “most politically conservative societies in Latin America,” including a change in ties with the United States:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Federico Gutiérrez is also running for President, as a conservative, right-wing candidate. Gutiérrez faces the challenge of garnering votes whilst the current President Ivan Duque, who is a conservative leader, has many issues facing his leadership. The current economic issues within Colombia, due to the pandemic and poverty in general, have in some cases crumbled and resorted to violence and unrest throughout the country:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Rodolfo Hernández, also a conservative candidate, is running as well and having a surge at the polls. He is relatively unknown and “pushes a populist anti-corruption platform,” which is catching many voters responses at the latest hour of elections.</p><p></p><p>Petro has become a popular choice for those critical of the conservative-rich political history of Colombia. Several critics are worried, however, “{that} Mr. Petro’s policies would lead to an economic crisis like the one in neighboring Venezuela.”</p><p></p><p>Sources:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/29/world/colombia-election-results?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur#in-latin-america-leftist-leaders-are-on-the-rise-amid-widespread-economic-suffering" target="_blank">NY Times</a></p><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/28/colombia-election-president-gustavo-petro-leftist-latin-america/" target="_blank">FP Insider</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/former-guerilla-colombia-election-gustavo-petro-president-ivan-duque-rcna31008" target="_blank">NBC</a></p><p><a href="https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/gustavo-petro-could-shake-us-ties-with-colombia/" target="_blank">NY Post</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christianna B., post: 1053, member: 54"] Colombians head to the polls today to make efforts to elect leadership capable of tackling the country’s major issues of economic and political challenges and upheavals. An unexpected left-wing candidate, Gustavo Petro, joins the political race. Petro infers a bid to improve upon Colombia’s “most politically conservative societies in Latin America,” including a change in ties with the United States: Federico Gutiérrez is also running for President, as a conservative, right-wing candidate. Gutiérrez faces the challenge of garnering votes whilst the current President Ivan Duque, who is a conservative leader, has many issues facing his leadership. The current economic issues within Colombia, due to the pandemic and poverty in general, have in some cases crumbled and resorted to violence and unrest throughout the country: Rodolfo Hernández, also a conservative candidate, is running as well and having a surge at the polls. He is relatively unknown and “pushes a populist anti-corruption platform,” which is catching many voters responses at the latest hour of elections. Petro has become a popular choice for those critical of the conservative-rich political history of Colombia. Several critics are worried, however, “{that} Mr. Petro’s policies would lead to an economic crisis like the one in neighboring Venezuela.” Sources: [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/29/world/colombia-election-results?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur#in-latin-america-leftist-leaders-are-on-the-rise-amid-widespread-economic-suffering']NY Times[/URL] [URL='https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/28/colombia-election-president-gustavo-petro-leftist-latin-america/']FP Insider[/URL] [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/former-guerilla-colombia-election-gustavo-petro-president-ivan-duque-rcna31008']NBC[/URL] [URL='https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/gustavo-petro-could-shake-us-ties-with-colombia/']NY Post[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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