BOGOTA, June 19 — Colombians will vote for a new president today in an election filled with uncertainty, as former guerrilla Gustavo Petro and millionaire businessman Rodolfo...
BOGOTA, June 19 — Colombians will vote for a new president today in an election filled with uncertainty, as former guerrilla Gustavo Petro and millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez vie for power in a country saddled with widespread poverty, violence and other woes.
It has been a tense campaign, with death threats against several candidates ahead of the first round last month, when Colombia's traditional conservative and liberal powers were dealt a chastening defeat.The successor to conservative President Ivan Duque will have to deal with a country in crisis, reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, recession, a spike in drug-trafficking related violence and deep-rooted anger at the political establishment.
He has been in politics since his M-19 group made peace with the state in 1990 and formed a political party. "It borders on hysteria," said Shifter, but"it's understandable because ... more than any other Latin American country, the Venezuela tragedy and nightmare has impacted Colombia", creating"terror ... that they're next."
Meleidy Perez, 21, who works for a charitable foundation, told AFP she will vote for Petro because"he's supporting us in what we young people want, which is firstly opportunities."Just a few months ago, Hernandez was a virtual unknown outside the northern city of Bucaramanga, where he was mayor from 2016-19.
Although he also named a woman, academic Mirelen Castillo, 53, as his running mate, he recently said a woman's place was in the home."As a businessman he's used to resolving conflicts in a direct and quick way, but the exercise of governance requires dialogue, agreements, long meetings to find common ground," said Munoz."I'm direct, I speak the truth, I don't calculate the consequences," he told Caracol TV on Friday.
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