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DrConway
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posted 30 October 2003 07:59 PM      Profile for DrConway     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Fascinating. In a country noted for electing right-wing governments amid a civil war that has left a third of the country under the effective control of a leftist insurgency group, a left-wing mayor wins in the capital of Colombia.

A good sign? I don't know.

quote:
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA – Colombia has a new political star who just might outshine popular President Alvaro Uribe.

Last weekend, Luis Eduardo Garzon, a salsa-dancing former communist who likes to be called simply "Lucho," was elected mayor of this wartorn nation's capital. His success was historic: It is the first time a leftist politician has won Bogotá's top post, and the mayor-elect garnered the highest number of votes in the city's history.



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Mycroft_
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posted 30 October 2003 08:56 PM      Profile for Mycroft_     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hope he doesn't get assassinated (no, I'm not being facetious )
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