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Me encontre este articulo en el sitio de Open Democracy, lo recomiendo por que es una vista de nuestro pais desde afuera; seran suficientes razones para pre-ocuparnos y participar de un cambio social que tanto necesita este país?

(este articulo esta en ingles…)

Colombia’s elections: the regional exception
Ana Carrigan
10 - 3 - 2006

Latin America is swinging to the left – but structural violence and civic fear may prevent Colombia from following the trend, says Ana Carrigan.
They were dancing in the streets in Chile on 15 January 2006, the night that Michelle Bachelet’s election as president was confirmed. For Chileans, Bachelet’s triumph felt like a cultural and spiritual homecoming, almost another velvet revolution, seen through a Latin prism. But in neighbouring Colombia, where the parliamentary elections on 12 March take place in a political arena that is bloodstained and mired in sleaze, the scenes of exuberance exploding off the television screens in Bogotá could have come from another planet.

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