Colombia's Economic Model at Stake in Election
- First election since peace deal with Marxist guerrillas
- Frontrunners represent left and right with center faltering
Colombia Peace Accord at Center of Presidential Race
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Polls closed in Colombia Sunday afternoon after a polarizing presidential election for who will inherit a set of sharp challenges: hundreds of thousands of hungry Venezuelans pouring into the country, the future of a controversial peace accord that ended a 52-year civil war, soaring cocaine production and a sluggish economy.
Five main candidates are in contention, but two likeliest to move to a June runoff are the one Wall Street most loves, and the one it most fears. With 1.7 percent of the polling stations counted, Ivan Duque was ahead with 43 percent, followed by Gustavo Petro, with 25 percent.