Colombia presidential race to runoff; leftist vs businessman

May 28, 2022, 9:01 PM | Updated: May 29, 2022, 9:34 pm

A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferia...

A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)

(AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In a blow to Colombia’s political class, a leftist former rebel and a populist businessman took the top two spots in the country’s presidential election Sunday and headed to a runoff showdown in June.

Leftist Sen. Gustavo Petro led the field of six candidates with just over 40% of the votes, while independent real estate tycoon Rodolfo Hernández finished second with more than 28%, election authorities said Sunday evening.

A candidate needed 50% of the total votes to win outright the contest held amid a polarized environment and growing discontent over increasing inequality and inflation.

No matter who wins June 19, the South American country long governed by conservatives or moderates will see a dramatic shift in presidential politics.

Petro has promised to make significant adjustments to the economy, including tax reform, and to change how Colombia fights drug cartels and other armed groups. Hernández, whose spot in the runoff contest came as a surprise, has few connections to political parties and promises to reduce wasteful government spending and to offer rewards for people who report corrupt officials.

Looking at areas where Hernández won in some of the most traditional heartland departments, “the rejection of the status quo even among many of the most conservative Colombians … really does show a disgust with the traditional workings of Colombian politics,” said Adam Isacson, an expert on Colombia at the Washington Office on Latin America think tank.

Petro’s main rival for most of the campaign was Federico Gutierrez, a former mayor of Medellin who was seen as the continuity candidate and ran on a pro-business, economic growth platform. But Hernández began to move up strongly in recent polls heading into the election.

There has been a series of leftist political victories in Latin America as people seek change at a time of dissatisfaction with the economic situation. Chile, Peru and Honduras elected leftist presidents in 2021, and in Brazil, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is leading the polls for this year’s presidential election. Mexico elected a leftist president in 2018.

“The main problem in the country is the inequality of conditions, the work is not well paid,” said Jenny Bello, who sold coffee near a long line of voters under a typical cloudy sky in the capital of Bogotá. She had to resort to informal sales after months without work because of the pandemic.

This was the second presidential election held since the government signed in 2016 a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC for its initials in Spanish. But the divisive agreement was not a main issue during the campaign, which focused on poverty, inflation and other challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.

It is Petro’s third attempt to become president. He was defeated in 2018 by Iván Duque, who was not eligible to seekr re-election.

“What is in dispute today is change. The political parties allied to the government of Duque, his political project, has been defeated in Colombia,” Petro told his supporters as they celebrated at his campaign headquarters in Bogotá. “Colombia’s total vote launches that message to the world: A period is ending; an era is ending.”

A victory for Petro would usher in a new political era in a country that has long marginalized the left due to its perceived association with the nation’s armed conflict. He was once a rebel with the now-defunct M-19 movement and was granted amnesty after being jailed for his involvement with the group.

“The peace accords of 2016 really broke the link between left politics and guerrillas/terrorists,” Isacson said. “I think people suddenly realized they could be very critical of the existing system without being painted as a guerrilla.”

But in a sign of the resistance to a leftist government, Gutierrez endorsed Hernández shortly after he was left out of the runoff.

“Knowing that our position is decisive for the future of Colombia, we have made a decision … we do not want to lose the country,” Gutierrez said, adding that he would support Hernández because he does not want to put Colombia “at risk.”

Petro has promised to make significant adjustments to the economy, including a tax reform, as well as changes to how Colombia fights drug cartels and other armed groups.

Hernández, the former mayor of the north-central city of Bucaramanga, surged in recent polls with promises to “clean” the country of corruption and to donate his salary.

“Now, we enter the second period, and these next few days will be decisive in determining the future of the country,” Hernández said in a livestream after early results showed he advanced to the runoff. He said he remains firm on his commitment to end “corruption as a system of government.”

A Gallup poll conducted earlier this month said 75% of Colombians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction and only 27% approve of Duque. A poll last year by Gallup found 60% of those questioned were finding it hard to get by on their income.

The pandemic set back the country’s anti-poverty efforts by at least a decade. Official figures show that 39% of Colombia’s 51.6 million residents lived on less than $89 a month last year, which has a slight improvement from 42.5% in 2020.

Inflation reached its highest levels in two decades last month. Duque’s administration said April’s 9.2% rate was part of a global inflationary phenomenon, but the argument did nothing to tame discontent over increasing food prices.

“The vote serves to change the country and I think that this responsibility falls a lot on young people who want to reach standards that allow us to have a decent life,” said Juan David González, 28, who voted for the second time in a presidential election.

In addition to economic challenges, Colombia’s next president will also have to face a complex security issue and corruption, which is a top concern of voters.

The Red Cross last year concluded Colombia reached its highest level of violence in the last five years. Although the peace agreement with the FARC has been implemented, the territories and drug-trafficking routes that it once controlled are in dispute between other armed groups such as the National Liberation Army, or ELN, a guerrilla founded in the 1960s, FARC dissidents and the Gulf Clan cartel.

Duque’s successor will have to decide whether to resume peace talks with the ELN, which he suspended in 2019 after an attack killed more than 20 people.

“Corruption in state entities is the main problem in the country,” Édgar González said after voting in Bogotá. “… A very big change is taking place in the country’s politics and if we all exercise the right we are going to achieve that change.”

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Garcia Cano reported from Caracas, Venezuela.

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              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A supporter of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrates in front of a mural of the candidate on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, to his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand with their families in front of supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Francia Marquez, the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, with the Historical Pact coalition, celebrates before supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Their ticket will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, at his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand before supporters with Marquez's wife Veronica Alcocer, second from left, and their daughter Andrea on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A supporter of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrates in front of a mural of the candidate on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, to his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand with their families in front of supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Francia Marquez, the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, with the Historical Pact coalition, celebrates before supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Their ticket will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, at his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand before supporters with Marquez's wife Veronica Alcocer, second from left, and their daughter Andrea on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A supporter of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrates in front of a mural of the candidate on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, to his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand with their families in front of supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Francia Marquez, the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, with the Historical Pact coalition, celebrates before supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Their ticket will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, at his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand before supporters with Marquez's wife Veronica Alcocer, second from left, and their daughter Andrea on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A supporter of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrates in front of a mural of the candidate on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, to his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand with their families in front of supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Francia Marquez, the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, with the Historical Pact coalition, celebrates before supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Their ticket will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, at his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand before supporters with Marquez's wife Veronica Alcocer, second from left, and their daughter Andrea on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A supporter of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrates in front of a mural of the candidate on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, to his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand with their families in front of supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Francia Marquez, the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, with the Historical Pact coalition, celebrates before supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Their ticket will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, at his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand before supporters with Marquez's wife Veronica Alcocer, second from left, and their daughter Andrea on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A supporter of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrates in front of a mural of the candidate on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Hernandez will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, to his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand with their families in front of supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Francia Marquez, the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, with the Historical Pact coalition, celebrates before supporters on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Their ticket will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, at his right, with the Historical Pact coalition, stand before supporters with Marquez's wife Veronica Alcocer, second from left, and their daughter Andrea on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Musicians perform before supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The Spanish word "Change" is the start of the phrase "Change for life." (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Drummers perform for supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The projected photo behind shows Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Partial results for presidential elections are shown on a screen where supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, gather after polls closed in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Musicians perform before supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The Spanish word "Change" is the start of the phrase "Change for life." (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Drummers perform for supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The projected photo behind shows Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Partial results for presidential elections are shown on a screen where supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, gather after polls closed in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, listen to him speak on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, speaks to his supporters on election night, alongside his wife Margarita Gomez, left, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Gutierrez did not advance to the June runoff. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Musicians perform before supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The Spanish word "Change" is the start of the phrase "Change for life." (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Drummers perform for supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The projected photo behind shows Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Partial results for presidential elections are shown on a screen where supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, gather after polls closed in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Musicians perform before supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The Spanish word "Change" is the start of the phrase "Change for life." (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Partial results for presidential elections are shown on a screen where supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, gather after polls closed in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Drummers perform for supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The projected photo behind shows Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Musicians perform before supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The Spanish word "Change" is the start of the phrase "Change for life." (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Partial results for presidential elections are shown on a screen where supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, gather after polls closed in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Drummers perform for supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The projected photo behind shows Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Musicians perform before supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The Spanish word "Change" is the start of the phrase "Change for life." (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Partial results for presidential elections are shown on a screen where supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, gather after polls closed in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Drummers perform for supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, on election night in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Petro will advance to a runoff contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got half the vote. The projected photo behind shows Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Supporters of Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, wait for results at his election headquarters on the day of presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Supporters of Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, celebrate as they listen to favorable partial results at his election night headquarters in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, leaves a polling station after voting in presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Partial results for presidential elections are shown on a screen where supporters of Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, gather after polls closed in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Unused ballots are torn up by an election worker at a polling station that closed on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Election workers count ballots at a closed polling station on the day of presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A ballot is handed to a voter during the presidential election at the main voting station, Corferias, in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A voter waits to cast her ballot during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              People wait to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              Rodolfo Hernandez, presidential candidate with the Anti-corruption Governors League, casts his ballot during presidential elections in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mauricio Pinzon)
            
              Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate with the Team Colombia coalition, shows his ballot before voting, accompanied by his wife Margarita Gomez, and their son Pedro, during presidential elections in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga)
            
              Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, leaves a polling station after voting during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leonardo Munoz)
            
              FILE - Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro with the Historical Pact coalition, left, Federico Gutierrez, presidential candidate representing the Team Colombia coalition, second left, and Hope Coalition presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo, right, take part in a presidential debate at the El Tiempo newspaper building in Bogota, Colombia, May 23, 2022. Colombians will pick from six candidates in the May 29 election. If no one gets 50% of the votes, a runoff ballot would be held in June between the top two finishers. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
            
              FILE - Surrounded by bodyguards holding bulletproof shields, presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historical Pact coalition speaks to his supporters during a campaign rally in Medellin, Colombia, May 20, 2022. With an emotional anti-establishment discourse and promises to boost state involvement in the economy, Petro has garnered a comfortable lead in polls as Colombia heads into the May 29 presidential election. (AP Photo/Jaime Saldarriaga, File)
            
              FILE - People walk past a campaign mural of presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez, representing the League of Anti-Corruption Governors, in Bogota, Colombia, May 20, 2022.  Hernandez, the former mayor of Bucaramanga, rose in the final stretch of the Colombia's presidential campaign after promising to “clean” the country of corruption and to donate his salary among other measures. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
            
              Voting booths are set up at Corferias, the main polling station in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 27, 2022. Colombians emerging from the coronavirus pandemic are heading to the polls on May 29 to pick their next president, choosing from six candidates who all promise various degrees of change amid rising inequality, inflation, violence and a discontent with the status quo.  (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Voting booths are set up at Corferias, the main polling station in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 27, 2022. Colombians go to the polls May 29 to elect a new president. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              Mounted police patrol on the outskirts of Bogota ahead of weekend presidential elections in Colombia, Friday, May 27, 2022. According to Director of the Colombian Mounted Police, Gen. Jesus Alejandro Barrera, his force will ensure security in rural areas during elections. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
            
              FILE - Supporters of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historical Pact coalition, attend a campaign rally in Fusagasuga, Colombia, May 11, 2022. Colombians emerging from the coronavirus pandemic are heading to the polls to pick their next president on Sunday, May 29, choosing from six candidates who all promise various degrees of change amid rising inequality, inflation, violence and a discontent with the status quo. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
            
              FILE - Presidential candidate Federico Gutierrez of the Team Colombia coalition, waves at supporters during a campaign rally in Chia, Colombia, May 16, 2022. Gutierrez, a former mayor of Medellin, is backed by most of Colombia’s traditional parties and is running on a pro-business, economic growth platform. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
            
              FILE - Presidential candidate Federico Gutierrez of the Team Colombia coalition poses for a selfie with a supporter during a campaign rally in Chia, Colombia, Monday, May 16, 2022. Gutierrez, a former mayor of Medellin, is backed by most of Colombia’s traditional parties and is running on a pro-business, economic growth platform. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
            
              FILE - Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historical Pact coalition, waves to his supporters during a campaign rally in Fusagasuga, Colombia, May 11, 2022. The latest opinion polls suggest Petro, a former rebel, could get 40% of the votes, with a 15-point lead over his closest rival. But the senator needs 50% to avoid a runoff election in June against the second-place finisher. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

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