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Colombia faces moment of reckoning as tense election awaits

Populist outlier Rodolfo Hernández will challenge the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro in Sunday's presidential vote

By Juanita Rico
Colombia faces moment of reckoning as tense election awaits
Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández will contest Sunday's election
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Just a few weeks ago, Gustavo Petro was expected to make history by becoming Colombia’s first ever left-wing president.

Petro was predicted to defeat the right-wing candidate Federico ‘Fico’ Gutiérrez, the establishment’s man, which he did, quite handsomely.

But perhaps what Pero wasn’t expecting was to be facing a second round run-off against Rodolofo Hernández, the 77-year-old millionaire pitching himself as the populist anti-establishment candidate and self-styled TikTok celebrity.

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