{"id":11704,"date":"2022-05-09T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=11704"},"modified":"2022-05-09T09:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T13:11:03","slug":"colombian-presidential-election-heats-up-in-final-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2022\/05\/09\/colombian-presidential-election-heats-up-in-final-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Presidential Election Heats Up in Final Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Kevin Arango<br \/>\n<\/b><b><i>Staff Writer<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the first round of Colombia\u2019s presidential elections set to take place on May 29, the stakes are rising as candidates representing vastly different views prepare to face off. Colombia experienced massive protests in 2021, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-56986821\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BBC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and this election will demonstrate the strength of opposition movements in the country. The election is currently contested among three major candidates: Gustavo Petro from the left-leaning \u201cEl Pacto Historico\u201d coalition, Federico Gutierrez of the right-wing \u201cCoalici\u00f3n Equipo por Colombia,\u201d and an anti-corruption candidate named Rodolfo Hernandez.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gustavo Petro, a former Senator and Mayor of Bogot\u00e1, aims to be the first leftist president in Colombia\u2019s history. Petro is the leader of \u201cEl Pacto Historico,\u201d a unified coalition of leftist parties that has performed strongly in recent elections, claiming 21 out of 108 seats in the senate\u2013more than any other party, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/internacional\/2022-03-18\/la-izquierda-agranda-su-victoria-en-el-congreso-de-colombia.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">El Pa\u00eds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/es\/am%C3%A9rica-latina\/20220430-elecciones-colombia-presidenciales-encuesta-gustavo-petro-ganador-fico-guti%C3%A9rrez-sergio-fajardo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">France 24<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Petro is the favorite candidate in a poll conducted by Colombian pollster Invamer, with 43 percent of the participants stating their intent to vote for him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Petro, a former member of the left-wing M-19 insurgency, has faced heavy opposition from the traditional Colombian parties which he fought against in the 1990s. He has also found difficulty in capturing the votes of older generations as a result of their traditional conservative values. Support for Petro remains strong among young people, however, who see him as a\u00a0 force for change against the traditional Colombian establishment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Federico \u201cFico\u201d Gutierrez, the former mayor of Medellin, is the right\u2019s most prominent candidate in the race. Gutierrez is the head of the \u201cCoalici\u00f3n Equipo por Colombia,\u201d a coalition of parties on the right and center-right that, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lafm.com.co\/politica\/equipo-por-colombia-quienes-son-los-integrantes-de-esa-coalicion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">La FM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reports, includes some of the most powerful parties in the nation, such as the historic \u201cPartido Conservador\u201d and former President Uribe\u2019s \u201cPartido de la U.\u201d In the same poll by Invamer, Gutierrez was Petro\u2019s closest competitor with 27.7 percent of voters pledging their support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a former member of the \u201cPartido de la U\u201d when Alvaro Uribe was still at the helm, Gutierrez is seen by many as the candidate of the establishment, garnering strong support from traditionally conservative areas of the country. However, in the aftermath of 2021 protests against the government of current right-wing President Ivan Duque, the right has been trailing in the polls. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/12\/15\/colombian-forces-committed-serious-abuses-during-protests-un\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Duque\u2019s government was accused of human rights abuses during his crackdown on protestors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former mayor of Bucaramanga, Rodolfo Hernandez, is the unexpected third force in the election. Emerging relatively late in the race, Hernandez has amassed over 300,000 followers and 2.5 million likes on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ingrodolfohernandez?lang=es\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TikTok,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> while videos mentioning his name have produced as many as 500 million views. Hernandez is part of the \u201cLiga de Gobernantes Anticorrupci\u00f3n,\u201d a party whose mission is to end corruption in Colombia. Hernandez\u2019s social media success has translated well into the polls, with the magazine <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semana.com\/nacion\/articulo\/rodolfo-hernandez-de-vuelta-al-ruedo\/202216\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Semana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reporting that he is polling at 13.9 percent, behind only Petro and Gutierrez.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hernandez&#8217;s strong anti-corruption message has resonated with young people, who were also drawn to his propositions. Hernandez, however, has come under heavy scrutiny by the media as he has shown ignorance of basic Colombian geography in recent interviews, a fact that many have interpreted as him being unfit to govern. Hernandez is unlikely to make it to the second round, but his supporters will be pursued by both Petro and Gutierrez and could potentially decide the presidency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As current President Ivan Duque remains one of the most unpopular presidents in Colombia\u2019s history, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/colombia-president-most-unpopular-on-record-poll-01621978213\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barrons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the path that voters choose in May will have significant implications for Colombia and Latin America at large. A Petro victory would demonstrate the growing strength of the left in Latin America, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/04\/world\/americas\/leftists-elections-latin-america.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, whereas a Gutierrez victory would represent a victory for the status quo. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the first round of Colombia\u2019s presidential elections set to take place on May 29, the stakes are rising as candidates representing vastly different views prepare to face off. Colombia experienced massive protests in 2021, according to BBC News, and this election will demonstrate the strength of opposition movements in the country. The election is currently contested among three major candidates: Gustavo Petro from the left-leaning \u201cEl Pacto Historico\u201d coalition, Federico Gutierrez of the right-wing \u201cCoalici\u00f3n Equipo por Colombia,\u201d and an anti-corruption candidate named Rodolfo Hernandez.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5093,"featured_media":11705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2313,384],"tags":[408,510,893,2098],"class_list":["post-11704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2313","category-americas","tag-politics","tag-colombia","tag-election","tag-americas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Colombian Presidential Election Heats Up in Final Weeks - The Diplomatic Envoy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2022\/05\/09\/colombian-presidential-election-heats-up-in-final-weeks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colombian Presidential Election Heats Up in Final Weeks - The Diplomatic Envoy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the first round of Colombia\u2019s presidential elections set to take place on May 29, the stakes are rising as candidates representing vastly different views prepare to face off. 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