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Colombian Presidential Election: PanAm Post Live Blog
Uribe helped to get a president elected once before: the year was 2010, and the name was Juan Manuel Santos. Now the question is; will Duque and Uribe coordinate strategy together (as Petro's supporters have always alleged), or will Duque…
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Why Gustavo Petro’s Newfound Faith in Free Markets Won’t Fool Colombia
Just as in the United States, culturally the Colombian Left has moved considerably to the left over the past few years. At the heart of their newfound aggressive ideology are their concepts of class struggle and social justice. "Petristas"…
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Colombia: Mockus and L贸pez Back Petro, Demonstrating Populism at its Finest
However, this alliance exemplifies ideological hypocrisy and incongruity, since L贸pez and Petro decided to modify their positions in order to seal their alliance. A candidate who once claimed that "脕lvaro Uribe and Gustavo Petro are the…
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Why Ivan Duque Will Win the Colombian Presidency in a Landslide
Centro Democratico presidential candidate Ivan Duque won 39% of the vote in this weekend's Colombian first round presidential election, besting leftist former Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro by 14%. However, he is all but certain to expand upon…
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Colombian Presidential Elections: Why Petro’s New Strategy Won’t Work
The most worrying thing of all is that the Petro is neither a moderate leftist, nor a social democrat. He openly speaks with major media outlets, which have offered him significant coverage, about expropriation. He has even mentioned which…
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Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador Lose?
Ricardo Anaya should return, during what remains of the campaign, to the issues that highlight the freedom, responsibility, and ability of the citizenry to make their own economic decisions, guaranteeing respect for their own choices in…
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Colombian Presidential Front-runner Ivan Duque Would Have an Absolute Majority Congress
Winning the presidency of Colombia is not enough. To be able to govern without problems it is necessary to have a majority in the House and Senate, since these institutions are charged with the approval of the annual budget, making the…
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Colombia: Gustavo Petro’s Son Wants to Pay Personal Debt with Campaign Funds
Due to the broken promise, Posso, who claimed to feel "cheated and swindled," went to court to recover his money. The court found in his favor, as earlier this year the Fourth Civil Circuit Court issued a civil judgment, ordering Petro to…
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Maduro Regime Again Attacks Legislators and Journalists
On this Tuesday, legislators convened to discuss the embargo of PDVSA on the part of the oil company ConocoPhillis and the "political event to be held on May 20." Up until a legislative recess, the debate did not have media coverage,…
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Sergio Fajardo and his Failed Strategy of Neutrality
But what has caused his precipitous decline? Have his countless campaign stops, numerous debate performances, and impressive quantity of electoral alliances forged been in vain? For several analysts, there are two factors that caused…
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Falc贸n and Maduro Forge an Agreement in Venezuela’s Sham Elections
Henri Falc贸n, the ex-Chavista and current leader of the Progressive Advanced party, is alleged to have negotiated the results of upcoming sham presidential elections with dictator Nicol谩s Maduro. The shocking allegations have been widely…
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Why so many young Colombians support Gustavo Petro
Populist Petro is currently leading in Bogota, among the youngest voters, and in some coastal regions of the country, despite the fact that the candidate has hardly shied away from heralding his preference for a very centralized economic…
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