The Latest Breaking News from Rodolfo Hernandez

Colombia Could Have Had a Coke-Legalizing, TikTok-Famous President. They Elected a Socialist Instead.

President-elect Gustavo Petro could easily take Colombia in an illiberal direction.

Reason · Jun 26, 2022

Colombia president-elect firms up congressional allies; handover begins

Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro on Thursday began to firm up party alliances that could give him a congressional majority and met with the country's current president to start the handover process.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022

Colombia election: Former rebel Gustavo Petro becomes South American nation’s first leftist president

Francia Marquez will also become the country’s first black woman vice-president

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2022

Leftist Petro takes early lead in Colombia's presidential election

Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro took an early lead in a partial vote count for Colombia’s presidential election.

Tribune News Service · Jun 19, 2022

Former rebel Gustavo Petro wins Colombia's presidential election

Colombians elect the country's first leftist president and first Black woman to be vice president.

WEKU · Jun 19, 2022

Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president

Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia's presidency on Sunday, the first progressive to do so in the country's history.

Reuters · Jun 19, 2022

Colombians will choose between leftist and eccentric businessman in Sunday vote

Colombians will vote on Sunday for their next president, choosing between leftist Gustavo Petro, who promises profound social reforms, and eccentric business magnate Rodolfo Hernandez, who has found fertile ground in anti-corruption rhetoric despite facing a graft investigation.

Reuters · Jun 17, 2022

What's at stake as Colombians choose between Trump-like populist and leftist former guerrilla for president

Colombians will decide their next president on June 19, 2022, with a choice between two candidates promising “change.” But what they mean by change is very, very different.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022

Colombia presidential candidate Hernandez vows to respect result

Colombia presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez, an eccentric construction magnate, said on Wednesday he will respect the results of Sunday's vote whether he wins or loses to leftist rival Gustavo Petro.

Reuters · Jun 16, 2022

Colombia's police on highest alert over election violence

Colombia's police are on maximum alert after detecting plans by radical groups to reject the results of a second presidential election vote on Sunday and commit violence across the country, top cop General Luis Vargas said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jun 15, 2022