/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3008/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-leftist-former-guerrilla-and-populist-outsider-head-runoff-colombia-presidential-election-339837 <p>Colombia’s election will go to a runoff between two opposing anti-establishment candidates on 19 June after voters on Sunday were unable to pick a president outright. Gustavo Petro, a leftist former guerrilla and onetime mayor of Bogotá, won the largest share of the vote, with 40%, but fell short of the 50% required to win outright and prevent a second round. Petro’s rival in the runoff will be Rodolfo Hernández, a business magnate and social media firebrand, who is viewed as a conservative, populist outsider.</p> Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:20:21 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 288184 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/2016-us-presidential-race-258225 <p>"<span>On Monday, Iowa will kick off the 2016 race for the White House, a contest in which two fiery, fringe candidates from the left and right have hijacked the national imagination and undercut the political establishment.</span><span>" (Source: </span><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/frustrated-with-status-quo-iowa-voters-turn-to-fringe-candidates/article28475706/">The Globe and Mail</a><span>)</span></p> Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:51:59 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25196 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/loto-quebec-taking-bets-us-presidential-race-258107 <p>"Loto-Québec is now taking bets on the U.S. presidential race." (Source: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-election-loto-quebec-betting-wager-republican-democrat-1.3418300">CBC</a>)</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:34:39 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25155 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/brazil-presidential-elections-239349 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 12:55:43 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21206 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-brazils-presidential-election-239214 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:14:19 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21178 at /newsroom