Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Is peace in Colombia at risk?


A fierce critic of the agreement with FARC rebels is in pole position to be president.


Colombia's presidential election race is the most divisive in decades, featuring two candidates at opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Right-winger Ivan Duque leads after the first round, well ahead of leftist Gustavo Petro.
At stake in the second-round vote is the future of the peace deal signed by the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels in 2016.
Duque is opposed to it, saying it is too lenient on FARC. Petro backed it, but needs double the vote he got in the first round.

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