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Frontrunner in Colombia’s election race barred from united left primary

By Adriaan Alsema

The National Electoral Council (CNE) barred Colombia’s leading presidential candidate, Senator Ivan Cepeda, from participating in a multipartite primary that sought to unite the left ahead of the elections. The decision forced Cepeda’s party, the Historic Pact, to withdraw from the primary and unleashed a new wave of criticism about the politicized nature of the […] The post Frontrunner in Colombia’s election race barred from united left primary appeared first on Colombia News.