US EditionColombia set for inter-party primaries, presidential race gripped by apathy
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By Sebastián Jiménez Valencia and Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Español. Legislative elections and three inter-party primaries for the presidency are being held in Colombia on March 8. Polls indicate that the presidential race will likely be decided between two candidates not participating in the primaries (Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella), and that the Historical Pact and the Democratic Center are leading the race for control of the Senate.
Colombia set for inter-party primaries, presidential race gripped by apathy
Colombians head to the polls on March 8 for what is, formally, a legislative election. In practice, it is something more consequential: a stress test of the country’s political coalitions ahead of the May 31 presidential race already defined by fragmentation – and by mounting security concerns for right-wing candidates. The vote for Congress matters. But the country will be watching the consultas presidenciales—three parallel primaries that func…
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