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Colombia votes on peace
Colombia votes as a 14-candidate election tests voters' choice between peace talks and harder security crackdowns
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Colombia votes as a 14-candidate election tests voters' choice between peace talks and harder security crackdowns.
Three things to know
- What happened
- Colombia votes as a 14-candidate election tests voters' choice between peace talks and harder security crackdowns.
- Why it matters
- De la Espriella points to El Salvador's gang war, a model shadowed by abuse accusations.
- Where it stands
- If nobody reaches 50%, the top two candidates move into a June runoff.
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Brief text
Colombians are voting in a first-round presidential election shaped by a 14-candidate field, the future of Petro's peace policy, renewed political violence, and a likely June runoff if no candidate wins 50%.
- Frame 1Colombia votes as a 14-candidate election tests voters' choice between peace talks and harder security crackdowns.
- Frame 2Petro ally Ivan Cepeda leads polling by promising negotiations with Colombia's remaining rebel groups.
- Frame 3The contest comes 10 years after the FARC pact, as armed attacks and drone strikes return.
- Frame 4Conservative rivals Abelardo de la Espriella and Paloma Valencia tout Trump ties and tougher crackdowns.
- Frame 5De la Espriella points to El Salvador's gang war, a model shadowed by abuse accusations.
- Frame 6If nobody reaches 50%, the top two candidates move into a June runoff.
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- Published
- May 31, 8:09 AM EDT
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