In this week's news recap, monkeypox is confirmed in Colombia, the Truth commission issues its final report, President-Elect Petro appoints a foreign minister from the conservative party, a gruesome prison fire leaves at least 52 dead, and the San Andres archipelago mostly escapes Tropical Storm bonnie.

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For the first time in modern history, Colombia will have a far left president. Former revolutionary guerilla Gustavo Petro won today's election against real estate developer Rodolfo Hernandez.
Petro says he wants to completely remake Colombia's economy. What does this mean for the economic sector? For international relations? For Colombia's poor? For Colombia's rich? Will Petro be remembered as a José Mujica or a Hugo Chavez? Is he a social reformer or communist bogeyman?

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Some good news coming from the industrial, travel, and high-tech sectors, plus on the eve of Colombia's presidential election runoff, a little bit of analysis. Are Colombians really choosing between "The Devil and the deep blue sea," as the WSJ's Mary Anastasia O'Grady said?

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