Uncertainty in the Polls and Tension for Security Mark the Final Stretch of the Presidential Elections in Colombia
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The renewed violence, one that has never completely extinguished itself in Colombia, marks the presidential campaign to choose Gustavo Petro’s successor. In many places the first round of this Sunday will be voted under crossfire. Almost ten years after the signing of the historic peace agreement with the FARC’s extinct guerrillas, other armed actors are threatening communities and the war is still on fire, only at a more fragmented stage. The h…
More than 41 million Colombian voters decide on May 31 the course of their country in elections that overflow domestic politics. What is at stake is whether Colombia continues the path of sovereignty or returns to being Washington’s platform of military projection over Latin America.
Consequential Elections in Colombia
While the eyes of the world are fixed on the Strait of Hormuz, China, Russia’s war against Ukraine, and sometimes on the US created crisis in Cuba, Colombia is in the middle of a very close, tense and consequential election. The results will have repercussions throughout Latin America. The Pacto Historico (Historic Pact), the rising [...]
Polarization, economic crisis and demands of greater order are going through a campaign closely followed by the United States and the entire region. Political consultant Antonio Aguilar analyzed why the result of May 31 could redefine the Latin American ideological map. Read more
According to the most recent Guarumo measurement, released by El Tiempo, Iván Cepeda leads the voting intention with 37.1%, followed by Abelardo De la Espriella with 27.5% and Paloma Valencia with 21.7%. The study was carried out in 85 municipalities and concludes that there would be a second presidential round. The post Polarization and uncertainty mark the last electoral week in Colombia appeared first on El Nacional.
Between 2025 and 2026, Latin America will witness 10 presidential elections. Although the results of the elections do not represent a coordinated shift towards one of the extremes of the political spectrum, as happened in the first years of the millennium with the Marea Rosa, they do leave in evidence a series of patterns that could – or not – be seen in the Colombian presidential elections of this Sunday. Although Colombian presidentials have e…
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