Tag: Colombia elections
By Jeralyn, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Sun May 25, 2014 at 08:19:47 PM EST
Tags: Colombia elections, FARC, AUC (all tags)
Posted on Sun May 25, 2014 at 08:19:47 PM EST
Tags: Colombia elections, FARC, AUC (all tags)
With 96 percent of polling stations in Colombia reporting, President Juan Manuel Santos has 25.5 percent of the vote to right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga's 29.2%. That means a run-off election will be held next month since neither candidate got 50%.
Zuluaga is a protege of former President Aliviro Uribe. He has opposed the FARC peace talks, and before slightly softening his position in recent days, said he would shut them down.
Santos has been a big promoter of the peace talks. Like Zuluaga, at one time he worked in Uribe's cabinet. Santos and Uribe have since had a falling out, thus, Uribe's support of Zuluaga. [More....]
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