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Weekly Report - 06 February 2014 (WR-14-05)
COLOMBIA: Two threats emerge to Santos - both female
President Juan Manuel Santos faces two very different challenges from female politicians in the run-up to presidential elections on 25 May. One is being posed by Marta Lucía Ramírez, the freshly chosen presidential candidate for the Partido Conservador (PC); the other, by Aída Abella, the presidential candidate for the radical left-wing Unión Patriótica (UP). One could be a threat at the polls; the other, away from them.
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