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Colombia and the possibility of modernising democracy

Presidential elections results imply that democracy in Colombia, which until now has been marred with violence, structural deficits and a lack of true alternation, will gradually become more normalised. Español

By Francesc Badia i Dalmases and Jonatan Rodríguez
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Two Colombians of different generations engage in a heated discussion en the Plaza Bolívar of Bogotá, 24 November 2016. AP Photo/Ivan Valencia. All Rights Reserved.

This article is part of the series "Ellections in Colombia 2018: depolarization and disinformation", developed in partnership with Nueva Sociedad Magazine and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

With 10,373,000 votes in his favour, the victory of Democratic Centre candidate Iván Duque means he will now become the youngest president of Colombia at 41 years of age, and continues the pattern of successive right wing governments in the country.

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