Colombia’s Election Campaign Moves Between Threats and Armed Restrictions · Global Voices

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To aspire to a seat in the convulsive department of Colombia del Cauca (southwest) involves campaigning among armed group checkpoints, restricted routes and the permanent accompaniment of indigenous guards in a region where violence continues to mark the pulse in the electoral campaign on March 8.

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DOBLE LLAVE – Aspiring for a seat in the convulsive Colombian department of Cauca (southwest) involves campaigning between armed group checkpoints, restricted routes and the permanent accompaniment of indigenous guards in a region where violence continues to mark the pulse for the legislative elections on March 8. "We were intercepted by an armed group and we were told that we could not transit these territories," said peasant candidate Claudia …