Gustavo Petro was elected Colombia’s first left-wing president after defeating Rodolfo Hernández in tight runoff. Petro obtained 50.47% of the votes and Hernández 47.27%. The elected president became the most voted in the history of Colombia with 11.2 million votes. “We are writing a new history for Colombia, Latin America and the world. From today, Colombia changes” Petro said in his victory speech. Petro’s running mate Francia Márquez is a prize-winning activist of human and environmental rights who will become the first black female vice-president. | June 19, 2022 | #GettyImages #GettyImagesNews #Colombia #ColombiaElections #GustavoPetro 📸: Guillermo Legaria, Gabriel Aponte/apontephotographer, Ovidio Gonzalez /mishistoriascortas 🎥: Juan David Moreno Gallego/Anadolu Agency 🎵: ‘Osmosis’ by David Celeste epidemicsound 💻🎬: Luciana Ghilino lucianaghilino