Tag: Gustavo Petro

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Complicated Colombian presidential election; left-wing candidate leads but with a ceiling in the runoff

  

  Next Sunday Colombia will be voting for a new president and a last set of public opinion polls indicate that a left wing candidate, former guerrilla and ex mayor of the capital Bogotá has the most chances of succeeding current president Ivan Duque.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Colombians “undecided” are the third strongest 'party' for 29 May presidential election

  

  With less than two weeks to the first round, 29 May, of the Colombian presidency election, the undecided voters have become decisive for the outcome according to the latest opinion poll by T&SE, Technology and Electoral Services, with data collected between 23 April and 8 May, interviewing 8,000 people across the country.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Colombian main presidential candidate signs document promising to protect private property

  

  The Colombian left-wing candidate, Gustavo Preto and with the most chances of becoming the next president on 29 May, has signed before a public notary a document saying that he will not expropriate private companies or assets.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Colombia turns to the left in historic vote

  

  Colombian voters have taken a turn for the left following Sunday's historic support for Senator Gustavo Petro, who has been singled out in recent polls as the favorite to win the May 29 presidential elections.

• Monday, June 18th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  President elect Duque pledges to unite Colombia and change the peace accord with FARC

  

  Colombia's President-elect Ivan Duque, who swept aside leftist Gustavo Petro in Sunday's election, pledged to unite the nation after a divisive campaign but insisted he would change a landmark peace accord with leftist rebels

• Sunday, June 17th 2018 - 02:35 UTC

  Two radical options will decide the Colombian presidential runoff on Sunday

  

  The first round of presidential elections in Colombia ended with two leading candidates who will face off next Sunday: Conservative Ivan Duque led with 39% of the vote in the first round, and leftist Gustavo Petro followed with 25%. Centrist Sergio Fajardo came in third place with 23.8% of the votes, and his supporters will now help decide the run-off outcome.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Opinion polls confirm Duque as winner in Colombia's presidential runoff

  

  Right wing candidate Ivan Duque looks set to win Colombia’s presidential run-off on June 17, two polls published on Friday indicated, as he held on to his long-running lead over leftist Gustavo Petro.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 07:44 UTC

  Right wing candidate has a clear lead in Colombia's Sunday presidential runoff

  

  As the campaign for Colombia's presidential runoff on June 17 enters its final week, the latest poll by consulting firm Yanhass for five newspapers, has right-wing candidate Iván Duque, as the clear winner with 52% of voting intention, compared to 34% for the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro.

• Monday, May 28th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  Colombian election: clear cut right and left candidates will dispute the 17 June runoff

  

  Colombia’s left and right will be holding a runoff to compete for the presidency in June after hard-line conservative Ivan Duque and ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro scooped most of the votes in the first round of Sunday elections.<br />
  The second vote will take place on June 17, which could see Colombia's already fragile peace deal with the FARC guerrillas shaken.

• Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  Colombia's presidential election: another referendum on the peace deal?

  

  On Sunday, Colombians will head to the polls to elect a new president. At play in this year’s election are a range of issues: Venezuelan migration, economic situation, rampant corruption, high levels of inequality, but above all is the country's historic peace accord that ended over half a century of armed conflict.