Boring Race, Known Outcome

COLOMBIA - Report 02 Dec 2013 by Veronica Navas and Andres Escobar

Executive Summary The most important new political development is, of course, the news that President Juan Manuel Santos will run for president in 2014. The organizational apparatus is already in place, with Germán Vargas-Lleras and Juan Mesa in Fundación Buen Gobierno; Roberto Prieto returning from the IADB to serve as Santos’ campaign manager; the Liberal Party backing Santos 100 percent; Partido de la U abandoning ex-president Alvaro Uribe to stick with Santos; and the Conservative Party postponing its decision to find a candidate. All political planets are therefore aligned to support S...

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