Caribbean & Central America - January 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)
Sandra Torres de Colom – a First Lady “like no other�
Upon taking office in January 2008, President Alvaro Colom declared that his wife, Sandra Torres, would be a First Lady “like no otherâ€. The full meaning of this is becoming apparent amid mounting speculation that, despite some constitutional doubts, she will stand as the presidential candidate for the ruling centre-left Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) in the September 2011 general elections. Her possible candidacy is also significant in the context of the emerging regional tendency where leaders faced with constitutional barriers to their immediate re-election, have entertained the idea of promoting their wives’ election as a means of preserving power and influence beyond their mandates.
Upon taking office in January 2008, President Alvaro Colom declared that his wife, Sandra Torres, would be a First Lady “like no otherâ€. The full meaning of this is becoming apparent amid mounting speculation that, despite some constitutional doubts, she will stand as the presidential candidate for the ruling centre-left Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) in the September 2011 general elections. Her possible candidacy is also significant in the context of the emerging regional tendency where leaders faced with constitutional barriers to their immediate re-election, have entertained the idea of promoting their wives’ election as a means of preserving power and influence beyond their mandates.
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