Colombian congress bars presidential re-election; 70% of public opinion supports decision

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Colombia’s Congress has voted to bar presidents from seeking re-election, a move backed by President Juan Manuel Santos that undoes a law passed by his predecessor and rival Alvaro Uribe. The decision also marks a difference with the ongoing Latin American trend of successive re-elections, when not unlimited. Read full article

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gordo1
It would be good if the arse lickers in the Congress of their neighbour, Ecuador, would do the same and get rid of Correa, who is just not fit to govern.
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