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PROGRESSIVE presidential candidate Gustavo Petro told a televised event last night that he is committed to the country’s reconciliation process because he wouldn't “tear the peace agreement into pieces.”
The candidate of the Human Colombia movement was joined by Sergio Fajardo and German Vargas Lleras in pledging to respect the pact between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and President Juan Manuel Santos.
However, hard-line right-wing candidate Ivan Duque, who represents death-squad-linked former president Alvaro Uribe’s Democratic Centre party, told the TV programme, organised by Semana magazine and Teleantioquia, that he wants to restructure the pact.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA