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Colombia's economic model at stake in presidential election

Monday, May 28, 2018


Polls closed in Colombia Sunday afternoon after a polarizing presidential election for who will inherit a set of sharp challenges: hundreds of thousands of hungry Venezuelans pouring into the country, the future of a controversial peace accord that ended a 52-year civil war, soaring cocaine production and a sluggish economy.

Five main candidates are in contention, but two likeliest to move to a June runoff are the one Wall Street most loves, and the one it most fears.

Source: Bloomberg