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    Tight Colombian runoff pits former rebel, millionaire

    Voters in Colombia will choose between a former rebel and an unpredictable millionaire when they vote in a presidential runoff that promises to reshape the country.
    by The Associated Press Jun 19, 2022 3 minutes

    BOGOTA, Colombia — Voters in Colombia will choose between a former rebel and an unpredictable millionaire Sunday when they vote in a presidential runoff that promises to reshape the country after a first round election that punished the political class.

    Polls show leftist Gustavo Petro and outsider Rodolfo Hernández — both former mayors — practically tied since topping four other candidates in the initial May 29 election in which neither received enough votes to win outright, forcing the runoff. About

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