Presidential frontrunner is former leftist guerrilla Gustavo Petro in country ruled for decades by the right
Colombians head to the polls today in a presidential election that may give the conservative South American country its first ever leftwing leader and first black vice-president.
Frontrunner Gustavo Petro, a former M-19 guerrilla fighter and senator, faces several rivals, but his main challenger is Federico Gutiérrez, the former mayor of Medellín – Colombia’s second city – who leads a rightwing coalition with close ties to the incumbent government of President Iván Duque.
