This marks a big change, a move to a very different economic model.”Petro took 50.4% to 47.3% for Hernandez, according to Colombia’s election authorities. He assumes office on Aug. 7 along with his running mate, Francia Marquez, a 40-year-old environmental activist who will become the country’s first Afro-Colombian vice president. “Real change is coming,” Petro said in a victory speech in Bogota. In Peru, a school teacher from a Marxist party became president, while Chile elected a former student protest leader earlier this year. He has a net worth of about $59,000, according to his 2020 tax return, which he posted on Twitter.
