The first (and, almost certainly, only) round of the Colombian presidential election is Sunday. It is a historic election in that it marks the first time that a stitting Colombian president has been eligible to seek a second term. It is likely to be historic in one or perhaps two other respects, as well: The formerly dominant Liberal party is likely to come in third, and the candidate of the left could challenge or break Colombia’s all time record votes percentage for a leftist presidential candidate.
Steven Taylor has a series of recent posts on the candidates and other aspects of the election, inlcuding an image of the ballot, posted at PoliBlog.
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COLOMBIA GOES TO POLLS
Source: Reuters, via Yahoo!
Colombia is headed for the polls today, and wonderful President Alvaro Uribe is likely to win in a landslide.
He only needs to get past the 50-percentage point mark to avoide a runoff, and that’s likely to be a piec…
Scion grafted by Publius Pundit — 28 May 2006 @ 06:31
More Colombian Election Blogging
Some other blogging on the Colombian presidential elections:
Publius Pundit has a lengthy post on the subject.
Publius Pundit also points to this post at Plan Colombian and Beyond that details the candidates views on the US and the drug war.
Matth…
Scion grafted by PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — 28 May 2006 @ 11:33