Colombia stable after right wing takes lead

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Colombia stable after right wing takes lead

Oliver West
May 31, 2018 11:00 PM
Gustavo Petro, Colombia, LatAm
(180528) -- BOGOTA, May 28, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Colombian presidential candidate for the Humane Colombia Movement Gustavo Petro (Front L) casts his vote at a polling station in Bogota, Colombia, on May 27, 2018. Ivan Duque, right-wing candidate for the Democratic Center Party, won the first round of the Colombian presidential election on Sunday, claiming 39.14 percent of the vote with 99.99 percent of votes tallied. The second round will take place on June 17. (Xinhua/Diego Pineda/COLPRENSA) (rtg) (ah) ***MANDATORY CREDIT*** ***NO SALES-NO ARCHIVE*** ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY*** ***COLOMBIA OUT*** | COLPRENSA/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images

Former Colombian president and one time market darling Álvaro Uribe’s cherry-picked candidate won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, giving investors some relief amid tough markets.

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