It is the first time in the history of the South American country that a left-wing politician is elected president, breaking a tradition of right-wing and center-right rulers.
Petro will replace the current president Iván Duque from August 7 with the challenge of uniting a country of 50 million inhabitants divided for political reasons.
The left-wing politician must also promote economic and social reforms to calm the discontent derived from inequality and poverty, in addition to meeting the demands to reduce insecurity in the cities and violence in rural areas where illegal armed groups dedicated to drug trafficking