Colombia election: Former rebel Gustavo Petro becomes country's first leftist president

Описание: Colombia has elected its first left-wing president in what winner Gustavo Petro has hailed as a “victory for God and for the people”.

Mr Petro, the former mayor of Bogota, Colombia’s capital, won 50.4 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s run-off election, narrowly beating his right-wing rival Rodolfo Hernandez.

Taking to Twitter to voice his triumph, Mr Petro said: “May so much suffering be cushioned by the joy that today floods the heart of the homeland.

“Today is the day of the streets and squares.”

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