Voters in columbia are tired of a political class they see as corrupt and ineffective. The three leading candidates aren't offering the types of reforms columbia really needs to deal with its problems, says analancas. Atly interviewed gustavo petro, who is hoping to become the country's first lefts president in history. And asked him how all this would be funded? He nototoeis cooswill noaifyo seet smaitue.
POLLS SUGGEST // Polls suggest the country might get its first-ever leftist leader. Whatever the outcome, a fresh outbreak of violent protest may await. Africa’s increasingly crippling fuel shortages can be blamed on more than just higher prices. And reflecting on the life of Lawrence MacEwen, laird of a tiny Scottish island whose austere simplicity he fought to preserve.
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