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Colombian congress election seen as a referendum of peace talks

Monday, March 10th 2014 - 06:48 UTC
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Colombians went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new Congress, in a vote seen as a referendum on peace talks with the FARC guerrillas and an anticipation for May's presidential election. Read full article

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  • Anglotino

    With the example of Venezuela next door, the left is even more on the nose in Colombia at the moment.

    Colombians have a front row seat to the results of of leftist governments in Venezuela and Ecuador and then with FARC continuing to kill people, it is small wonder that parties that espouse these ideas don't do so well.

    Mar 10th, 2014 - 06:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    Grief, this is worse than the IRA.

    I can only hope that the people negotiating peace will keep their word.

    Mar 10th, 2014 - 06:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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