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Weekly Report - 09 August 2018 (WR-18-31)

COLOMBIA: Duque takes over amid expectancy

Iván Duque was inaugurated as Colombia’s new head of state on 7 August. Duque, who at 42 is the youngest president in Colombia’s modern history, is the first member from the right-wing Centro Democrático (CD) to hold the country’s top office. All of this makes Duque an unknown quantity and there is a lot of interest in trying to figure out what sort of president he will be, in what direction he will steer the country, and whether he can fully deliver on his campaign promises.

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