The Presidential Campaign Focuses on Cauca, a Bastion of the Left that the Right Seeks to Dispute

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Two months after the elections to the Presidency of the Republic, the department of Cauca, historically more associated with the dynamics of the armed conflict than with the electoral disputes, began to gain visibility in the contest. The cradle of the Uribist candidate Paloma Valencia—who disputes second place in the most recent polls and made a presence in the traditional celebration of the holy week of the department's capital, Popayán—and th…