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Colombian voters elect country’s first Black vice president

A man walks near a campaign banner of Historical Pact coalition presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez, ahead of weekend elections in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, June 13, 2022. Elections are set for June 19. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Francia Marquez, the running mate of former rebel Gustavo Petro, celebrates before supporters after they won a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Former rebel Gustavo Petro, left, his wife Veronica Alcocer, back center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, celebrate before supporters after winning a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Francia Marquez, the running mate of former rebel Gustavo Petro, celebrates before supporters after they won a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Francia Marquez, the running mate of former rebel Gustavo Petro, celebrates before supporters after they won a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Former rebel Gustavo Petro, left, his wife Veronica Alcocer, back center, and his running mate Francia Marquez, celebrate before supporters after winning a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) An empanada vendor pushes his cart past campaign posters of Francia Marquez, the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, of the Historical Pact coalition, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, June 17, 2022. Security is heightened ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff election between Petro, the man who could become the first leftist to lead the nation and a populist millionaire who promises to end corruption. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombian voters elect country’s first Black vice president