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Ex-mayor eyes historic leftist conquest of Colombian presidency
BOGOTA: Colombians vote Sunday in a first round of presidential elections, with a leftist poised for victory for the first time in the country's troubled history.The vote takes place in a tense atmosphere, a year after a brutal security crackdown on street protests that were fueled by deepening socioeconomic woes.Polls show that many Colombians are pinning their hopes on Gustavo Petro, an ex-guerrilla and former mayor of Bogota, to address poverty, rural violence, urban crime and endemic corruption.Petro, 62, is hoping to avoid a June 19 run-off against 47-year-old Federico Gutierrez, a former mayor of second city Medellin who represents an alliance of right-wing parties.To do so, he would n

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