Colombia Sunday's election: a referendum on the peace talks with FARC

Friday, June 13th 2014 - 09:02 UTC

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Colombians pick a new president on Sunday in a tight runoff election, kind of referendum, fought over whether peace talks with Marxist inspired and drugs financed guerrillas, or a renewed military offensive stand the best chance of ending 50 years of war in the country rich in resources and with one of the more stable economies in the region. Read full article

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Anglotino
The FARC are farced no matter who wins!
Jun 14th, 2014 - 02:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
I sincerely hope they chose a path for peace. Once that issue is resolved Colombia would be on a fast-track to becoming one of the greatest nations in Latin America.
Jun 14th, 2014 - 04:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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CabezaDura2
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You are a globalist liberal that understand nothing about politics in the third world Anglotino. The negotiations will fail now that Santos has been re elected. The FARC and armed groups have pressed against voters to vote for Santos. They have just voted for impunity stupid idiots.

Keep on living in your politically correct bubble in Sidney.
Jun 15th, 2014 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Keep talking guys. It is an interesting debate. Just try to keep it clean.

(Why so angry CD2? Are you personally affected? )
Jun 16th, 2014 - 09:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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