Gustavo Petro elected Colombia’s President; Francia Marquez, to be the country’s first black woman Vice President

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Gustavo Petro is slated to become Colombia’s President after winning the country’s Presidential Elections yesterday. The former guerrilla won against 77-year-old construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez. His running mate Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will become the country’s first black woman Vice President.