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Weekly Report - 27 February 2014 (WR-14-08)
COLOMBIA: Santos tries to get off the back foot
President Juan Manuel Santos sought to regain the initiative this week ahead of his re-election bid on 25 May. In the midst of yet another spying scandal, this time the interception of his personal emails, Santos named Germán Vargas Lleras to be his running mate. Vargas Lleras, the leader of Cambio Radical (CR), one of the three parties in the ruling Unidad Nacional coalition, would be an atypical vice-president; more of a successor-in-waiting than the usual powerless figurehead. Santos said he wanted a “different and active” vice-president. Given that Vargas Lleras is currently more popular than Santos is, the appointment should give his re-election bid a boost, winning over some of the many voters who say they will cast blank ballots.
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