Colombian presidential candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández. LUISA GONZALEZ (REUTERS)
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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