BOGOTA( Reuters)-Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change, will be Colombia's next president after beating construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez in an election on Sunday. Petro, a current senator and previous mayor of Bogota, won 50.8% of votes, figures from the national registry office showed, while Hernandez trailed by 797, 973 votes, tallying 46.9%. Some 20 million people cast ballots nationwide.( Reporting by Jul
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