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Who Is Oscar Benavides, the Tumaqueño Lawyer Who Defeated Miguel Polo Polo and Obtained the Afro Curul with More than 146,000 Votes?

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History of the political leader of the Free Party, who went from being a toilet operator to becoming a congressman.
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History of the political leader of the Free Party, who went from being a toilet operator to becoming a congressman.

Oscar David Benavides did not wait much to celebrate, barely knowing the preliminary results of the March 8 elections, Tumaco’s lawyer and activist published a message on social network X that summed up in a few words what his campaign promised from day one: “We fulfilled our first proposal! We took Polo Polo out of Congress.” With more than 146,000 votes and the support of Pacific community councils, Benavides secured the special curul of Afro-…

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larazon.co broke the news in on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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