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What's at stake as Colombians choose between Trump-like populist and leftist former guerrilla for president

  • Written by Agustin Lao-Montes, Associate Professor of Sociology & Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
What's at stake as Colombians choose between Trump-like populist and leftist former guerrilla for presidentThe new poster boy of left-wing South American politics?Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Colombians will decide their next president on June 19, 2022, with a choice between two candidates promising “change.” But what they mean by change is very, very different.

The two runoff contenders – one a left-wing senator and former...

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