The presidency of Colombia will be defined next Sunday in a second round between Gustavo Petro, the left-wing candidate who obtained 40% of the vote, and the populist billionaire Rodolfo Hernández, with 28%.
After the election day on Sunday, May 29, in which more than 21 million people participated and which passed in relative calm, the most relevant political figures in the country have gradually announced their support.
The right of the defeated Federico Gutiérrez turned to Rodolfo Hernández for "fear of Petro", while center leaders such as Alejandro Gaviria, Mábel Lara and Luis Gilberto Murillo, Sergio Fajardo's vice-presidential candidate, announced their support for Petro.
Fajardo announced his vote blank.
The polls place the two finalists in a technical tie.
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Rodolfo Hernández: "We are going to get 13 million votes"
Presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández said this afternoon in a live broadcast from his Instagram account that he and his vice-presidential formula, Marelen Castillo, would obtain 13 million votes in the second round of the elections to be held next Sunday, March 19. June.
During the video, which was addressed to his more than 700,000 followers, Hernández stated that he would not appoint Germán Vargas Lleras to any position, as he had suggested in a recent interview: "zero Vargas Lleras."
In addition, the presidential candidate insisted that only he and his vice president will work 10 hours a day and not the workers, as he had also hinted in another campaign video.
Hernández ended his speech with a message against his rival: "Poor Colombians in the hands of Petro. Poor Colombians."
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"In the Mayor's Office of Rodolfo we work hard for the women of Bucaramanga"
Isabel Ortiz did not know much about Rodolfo Hernández until she received the invitation to be the adviser on gender issues for her Mayor's Office.
Hernández looked for her along with her brother Gabriel, whom everyone points to as the "brain" behind the campaign to reach the Bucaramanga chief.
They wanted someone with experience to lead, for the first time, an office dedicated to gender equality in the capital of Santander.
They were four years that were worth it for Ortiz "we work a lot for women," she says.
These days, when Hernández is accused of being macho because of his statements, he recognizes that there are reasons to see him that way, although in his experience as his subordinate he has never felt discriminated against or with less voice than his colleagues.
Ortiz (66 years old, Bucaramanga) feels at a crossroads.
She is a feminist who recognizes and questions the sexist expressions of the former mayor, but at the same time-she says she-she cannot help defending her management in the Mayor's Office.
“All these weeks have been difficult for me.
I can't deny that their language is violent and offensive to women, but in practice, at least as far as I knew, women received the same support as men.
He always supported me in everything I proposed to improve the conditions of the bumanguesas, ”she says by phone.
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Jun 14, 2022 - 22:36 UTC
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Rodolfo Hernández, what would happen to the Vitalogic case if he is elected president
A few hours before the definition at the polls of who is to be elected president of the Republic of Colombia in the second round, one of the two candidates -engineer Rodolfo Hernández- finds himself in a difficult situation, from a legal point of view, since , in the case known as Vitalogic, he has been charged by the Attorney General's Office, which points him out as responsible for the crime of improper interest in the execution of contracts, according to events that occurred during his tenure as mayor of Bucaramanga.
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Jun 14, 2022 - 18:13 UTC
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Petro seeks to soften its relations with the military and police
Gustavo Petro has made a wink this Monday to soften his relations with the military and police.
At the beginning of the last week of the campaign, the candidate who could become the first left-wing president in the history of Colombia has written them a letter in which he recognizes the "valuable contribution" of the majority of those in uniform to "the construction of a more humane Colombia” and outlines a proposal for the transformation of the public force in which it promises them, among other things, better opportunities to access housing, health and education.
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Jun 14, 2022 - 17:30 UTC
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Logistics ready for Sunday's presidential elections
The national registrar, Alexander Vega Rocha, specified that the logistics in Colombia for the presidential elections on Sunday are almost ready.
"Logistics is progressing normally and 95% of the electoral kits are already in the polling stations and polling stations set up for the democratic day. Bogotá will be ready this Friday," Vega Rocha emphasized.
Jun 14, 2022 - 17:06 UTC
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Rodolfo Hernández apologizes for blaspheming the Virgin Mary
The presidential candidate, Rodolfo Hernández has said in a video on his social networks that he wants to apologize to all the people who felt offended by his comments about the Virgin Mary.
"As a human being, I recognize that I was wrong and I apologize to those I have hurt for using words as they should not," he said in the video.
Jun 14, 2022 - 13:02 UTC
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Gustavo Petro: "We are certain that there is no neutrality in the Registry in these elections"
Gustavo Petro (Ciénaga de Oro, 1960) is on the phone with some businessmen.
His two main advisers, each one on one side of the table, nod and gesture silently so as not to interrupt the conversation.
His daughter Sofía passes by behind, on her way to the kitchen, to prepare breakfast.
Her house in Bogotá has become the headquarters of the campaign.
Petro dedicates the morning to the issue to which he has put the most energy during this electoral process: combating petrophobia.
On Sunday, when the polls close, it will be known if there is a majority of Colombians who have decided for the first time to leave the country in the hands of a leftist politician.
The other option is Rodolfo Hernández, a 77-year-old construction businessman that no one counted on at this point.
The polls show a technical tie between two candidates that generate anxiety to their critics.
With calls to the most powerful in this country, like those listening on the other end of the phone, Petro wants to represent serene change.
"We have to change the climate of hatred and sectarianism that exists in Colombia," she maintains.
Ask.
If he wins the Presidency, he arrives with a message of change, he has made many promises.
Are you afraid of disappointing your voters?
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No way.
The changes are feasible in four years.
The transition to clean energy can begin, to build a productive economy and to reform the Colombian educational system to ensure that youth can access it.
The reforms that involve bills and that require parliamentary debate will be built to the extent that we build concertation scenarios.
They will not be imposed reforms, but debated.
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Jun 14, 2022 - 12:45 UTC
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Foreign Ministry: "The first day of elections abroad passed normally"
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed through a press release that, at 06:30 in the afternoon of Colombia, the day of the first day of elections abroad passed normally.
"With the opening of the polling station located in Auckland (New Zealand), Canberra and Sydney (Australia), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea), the second day of voting abroad in the presidential second round began" explained Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez.
The positions with the most votes, according to the Foreign Ministry, during the first day were the consulate in Miami (United States) with 3,398 voters, consulate in Orlando (United States) with 1,242 voters, consulate in Madrid (Spain) with 944 voters and consulate in New York – Manhattan (United States) with 832 voters.
For the first day of elections abroad, 19,934 compatriots attended to vote during the first electoral day for the 2022 presidential second round.
Jun 14, 2022 - 24:02 UTC
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Colombia will choose on Sunday between change and economic uncertainty, according to Fitch
If Gustavo Petro wins Colombia's presidential elections this Sunday, this will lead to a change in economic policy;
while if Rodolfo Hernández is the winner, this would mean a "significant" uncertainty.
This is the analysis of the credit risk rating company Fitch Ratings, published this Monday as a prelude to the elections.
"The election of the next president of Colombia will lead to an adjustment in economic policy objectives under Gustavo Petro or significant political uncertainty under Rodolfo Hernández," says the report signed by analysts Richard Francis and Mark Brown.
At the center of his economic proposals is the future of the hydrocarbon sector, which contributes approximately 3.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP), since oil is the main export source of the South American country.
Both candidates have made promises to lessen the country's dependence on extractive industries, such as oil, to begin a transition to renewable energy.
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Jun 13, 2022 - 22:47 UTC
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Petro promises housing, health and education to the military and police
At the beginning of the last week of the campaign, the left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro has written a letter addressed to the military and police in which he recognizes the "valuable contribution" of the majority of those in uniform to "the construction of a more humane Colombia ” and outlines a proposal for the transformation of the public force in which it promises them better opportunities to access housing, health and education.
“It is clear to me that you, the land, sea and air soldiers and the police of the country, are humble Colombians who, like millions of compatriots, demand a better future for themselves, but especially for their dear families”, writes the candidate for the Historical Pact, who in his youth belonged to the M-19 guerrilla and has run into resistance from some sectors of the armed forces.
The candidate, among others, regrets in the letter that the uniformed men do not have decent housing, they must wait months to obtain a medical appointment and they cannot afford the education of their children.
For this reason, he assures him, he intends to "strengthen the public force and the well-being of its members, especially that of the most vulnerable, to achieve total peace in the national territory."
His proposal includes building citadels for the military in alliance with private companies, restructuring the health system that cares for them, building new military hospitals, expanding public force schools and promoting a scholarship program for their children.
"Our strategy also contemplates transforming, gradually and to the extent that we consolidate peace, military service into social service, so that only professionals, well trained, well equipped and well paid, are in charge of combating multicrime," says Petro. .
Jun 13, 2022 - 20:04 UTC
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Why the Ministry of the Environment should not be merged
The former director of National Parks, Julia Miranda explained in a Twitter thread the reasons why Rodolfo Hernández's idea of merging the Ministry of the Environment with other ministries should not be done.
Miranda reflects on the consequences of this:
Jun 13, 2022 - 18:00 UTC
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With the opening of the polls abroad, the second round of the 2022 presidential elections officially begins
From the Colombian Foreign Ministry, the national registrar of Civil Status, Alexander Vega Rocha, declared the start of the second round of the elections for president and vice president of the republic 2022.
The national registrar said that 100% of the electoral kits are already in the 250 positions of 67 countries, so that the nationals go out to exercise their right to vote and assured that the difficulties in China and Russia have already been overcome.
“It is satisfactory because we managed, in record time, to send all the electoral kits.
Before the first round, at least almost two months were required and this time in three weeks we managed to locate all the kits, yesterday we delivered the missing ones in Moscow and Shanghai” assured Vega Rocha.
Likewise, the national registrar explained the counting process at polling stations abroad "every day the table count is done, the E-14 forms of the voting jurors are kept and the counting is done by the National Electoral Council starting on Monday, June 20, but day by day the scrutiny is closed and on Sunday, when the vote is closed, the information automatically passes to the National Electoral Council".
It should be remembered that from Monday June 13 to Saturday June 18, Colombians residing abroad can exercise their right to vote only at the consulate in their jurisdiction.
On Sunday, June 19, they will be able to go to the polling stations where they have their citizenship card registered.
Jun 13, 2022 - 11:47 UTC
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Petro files his tax return.
The candidate Gustavo Petro has made his income statement public tonight on social networks.
He has declared a gross income of 478 million pesos, just over 120 thousand dollars.
The gesture is a challenge for his rival, Rodolfo Hernández, a construction businessman who claims to have a fortune of 100 million dollars.
Petro has campaigned denouncing that the country's greatest fortunes pay less taxes than the upper middle class.
If he comes to power, he says that he will carry out a fiscal reform that adjusts the contribution of Colombian millionaires.
13 Jun 2022 - 02:19 UTC
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Colombia, in the hands of the undecided before the maximum equality of Petro and Rodolfo in the polls
A nueve días de la celebración de la segunda vuelta de las presidenciales colombianas, la diferencia entre los dos candidatos es de apenas 0,3 puntos porcentuales según el promedio de las últimas encuestas realizado por EL PAÍS. Esta minúscula ventaja del izquierdista Gustavo Petro sobre Rodolfo Hernández (que hasta la publicación de los tres últimos sondeos el sábado 11 era una preeminencia de 0,7 para Hernández) está dentro no solo del margen de error estadístico de cualquier encuesta, sino que aparece como insignificante ante los cientos de miles de votantes probables que siguen sin decidirse, o afirman que votarán en blanco. Si las encuestadoras han hecho bien su trabajo, cualquier movimiento de la aguja de las preferencias podría darle la victoria a uno u otro candidato.
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12 Jun 2022 - 17:58 UTC
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Rodolfo Hernández, Colombia como empresa
Rodolfo Hernández busca la presidencia de Colombia como lo hizo cuando llegó a la alcaldía de Bucaramanga: como si estuviera vendiendo un proyecto inmobiliario. Es un hombre con cemento en la cabeza, lo describe Rubby Morales Sierra, una mujer que trabajó con él y luego lo denunció por acoso laboral. Lo afirma implacable, con ese tono recio con que hablan las personas que, como Hernández, nacieron en Santander, en el nororiente del país. Es algo que repiten, de otras formas, sus amigos. Hernández, de 77 años, es un pragmático, “un hacedor”, alguien que piensa en obras, en tejas y ladrillos.
Rodrigo Fernández conoció a Rodolfo Hernández a finales de los años setenta, coincidieron en la Sociedad Santandereana de Ingenieros. Cuando recuerda esa época no se sorprende de ver ahora a su colega como uno de los dos candidatos para llegar a la Presidencia. Si le fue tan bien en su profesión y es un magnate de la construcción, cómo no le iba a ir bien con su meta de hacer su nombre presidenciable. Es que Hernández, cuenta su amigo, todo lo calcula como si fuera una obra que quiere vender. Se pone una meta, planea, convence, vende, ejecuta y da resultados. En su objetivo de ser el próximo mandatario va en la mitad del camino y le falta lo más importante: convencer. Eso solo se sabrá el próximo 19 de junio, cuando sean las elecciones, pero por ahora, cree su colega, va bien. “En lo público hace lo mismo que en la construcción: planea proyectos y los vende al mercado. Sabe cómo hacerlo a plazos y con los costos previstos. Y eso, aplicado a la administración pública, funciona”, señala Fernández.
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12 Jun 2022 - 17:46 UTC
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Gustavo Petro, una vida entera para llegar a la Presidencia
Petro es terco, dice su hija Sofía, pero cree que esa terquedad le ha llevado al punto en el que está: la oportunidad de ser el primer presidente de izquierdas de la historia de Colombia. Se presenta por tercera vez a un puesto que no parece destinado a alguien como él, un exguerrillero que provoca pavor entre las élites sociales y empresariales. En los últimos años se ha alejado de cualquier simpatía hacia Cuba y Venezuela, trata de entender el feminismo y habla de crear nueve un eje progresista en la región junto a Boric en Chile y Lula en Brasil. Y ha dejado de vestir como el luchador social que siempre fue para parecerse más a un hombre de Estado.
Pese a ser tímido, uno de sus fuertes son los mítines. Petro, de 62 años, se enmarca en la tradición de grandes oradores que ha tenido este país de gente con facilidad de palabra. Ha dado 100 discursos con los que creía que podía zanjar las elecciones en primera vuelta. No fue así, y en segunda se tiene que ver con el contrincante más impredecible, el enigmático Rodolfo Hernández. En el último tramo de campaña se ha centrado en retransmitir por redes sociales su visita a gente común y corriente para dar una imagen de cercanía que subido a la tarima no transmitía.
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12 Jun 2022 - 17:33 UTC
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Dos Colombias buscan presidente
Gustavo Petro y Rodolfo Hernández llegan empatados a la recta final de la campaña más tensa que se recuerda en el país.
¿Gustavo Petro o Rodolfo Hernández? Solo uno de ellos será elegido presidente de Colombia el próximo domingo. Los dos candidatos que representan un cambio de ciclo político llegan separados por un estrecho margen en las encuestas. Pase lo que pase, el país entrará en una nueva era. Petro supondría un giro a la izquierda tras décadas de corte conservador. Hernández, la llegada al poder de un empresario de la construcción con un discurso contra la clase política gobernante, un fenómeno electoral que se ha reproducido antes en otros países. Uno u otro agarrará una nación dividida, sumida en el descontento y necesitada de reformas urgentes.
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12 Jun 2022 - 17:28 UTC
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Angélica Lozano apoya a Gustavo Petro y Francia Márquez
La senadora Angélica Lozano, una de las principales promotoras de la disuelta Coalición Centro Esperanza, ha anunciado este domingo que va a votar por Gustavo Petro y Francia Márquez en la segunda vuelta presidencial “por las mujeres, jóvenes, viejos, por los que sobran y quieren más democracia”.
“Dejamos atrás nuestras diferencias para evitar que las cosas sigan igual”, dijo Lozano en un mensaje en sus redes sociales acompañado por un video en el que proclama que “el cambio es imparable”. La senadora, del partido Alianza Verde, es también la esposa de la alcaldesa de Bogotá, Claudia López, cuyo cargo le impide participar en política electoral.
Lozano resultó elegida de nuevo al Congreso en marzo como parte de las listas de la coalición de centro que respaldó en la primera vuelta a Sergio Fajardo, que quedó en cuarto lugar, por detrás de Petro y Rodolfo Hernández, los finalistas en las elecciones del 19 de junio.
Con el centro fuera de carrera, sus líderes han tenido que decidirse entre Petro y Hernández, dos opciones antagónicas que mantienen un empate técnico en las últimas encuestas. Lozano era una de las últimas figuras que no había anunciado su respaldo. Los exministros Alejandro Gaviria, Juan Fernando Cristo y Luis Gilberto Murillo –la fórmula de Fajardo– adhirieron a la coalición de izquierdas. El propio Fajardo optó por el voto en blanco, mientras Hernández sumó los apoyos de Carlos Amaya y el Nuevo Liberalismo, aunque las mujeres más destacadas de sus listas como Mábel Lara, Sandra Borda y Yolanda Perea se distanciaron del partido para apoyar la fórmula de Petro y Francia Márquez.
12 Jun 2022 - 14:25 UTC
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Nueva encuesta Yanhaas: Petro 45%; Hernández 35%; en blanco 13%
La nueva encuesta presidencial de la firma Yanhaas, publicada por el canal RCN, tiene a Gustavo Petro en primer lugar con un 45% y a Rodolfo Hernández con 35%. Los resultados del último sondeo para la segunda vuelta del próximo domingo 19 de junio tienen un margen de error del 3,2% y muestran al voto en blanco con 13 %.
Frente a la anterior medición, Gustavo Petro subió tres puntos, al comienzo de mes estaba en 42%, mientras que Rodolfo Hernández bajó seis puntos, de 41% a 35%. El voto en blanco se mantiene en el mismo porcentaje del anterior estudio y las personas que no saben o no responden, subieron 2%, del 5% al 7%.
11 Jun 2022 - 20:24 UTC
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Filtraciones y guerra sucia agitan el final de campaña
A few days before the polls open for the second round between Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández, the presidential campaign in Colombia has become irremediably clouded.
The aroma of dirty war that already permeated the environment has escalated with the publication of a cataract of internal recordings of the Petro campaign, in several of which members of the leftist coalition discuss strategies to discredit their political opponents.
The repercussions of the leaks, which the Historical Pact attributes to a case of illegal infiltrations, have marked the final stretch.
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Jun 11, 2022 - 18:32 UTC
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