Next Sunday (19), Colombia goes to the polls to choose the country’s next president. The two candidates who made it to the second round are leftist and former guerrilla Gustavo Petro, who was mayor of Bogotá, and populist Rodolfo Hernandez, a businessman who managed to debunk traditional right-wing parties.
Petro and Hernández are tied for the final stretch of the campaign, according to the latest polls. The victory of either one will mark the end of a traditional division in Colombian politics – which used to alternate between the liberal right and the conservative right.
In this Friday’s episode (17), Café da Manhã talks with the correspondent of Sheet for Latin America, Sylvia Colombo, on the political scenario in Colombia, the profiles of the two candidates and what to expect for the second round on Sunday.
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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Maurício Meireles and Bruno Boghossian, with production by Jéssica Maes, Laila Mouallem and Victor Lacombe. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.
