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Nothing is Foreign25:44Can Colombia’s election end the war on drugs? Colombia’s presidential election is heading to a pivotal runoff between two political outsiders: a former guerilla fighter turned senator who could become the country’s first left-wing president, and a 77-year-old right-wing populist TikTok star. It’s a critical time for the …

Colombian voters opted for a dramatic change in presidential politics, choosing a leftist former rebel and an outsider populist businessman to advance to a runoff election in June amid hopes a new face can pull them out of the economic damage from the pandemic. Leftist Sen. Gustavo Petro led the …