Colombia Prepares for Presidential Election

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[00:00:00]Columbia is preparing to go to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election shadowed by a resurgence of political violence. Mateo Perez Rueda, a 24-year-old journalist, was reporting on the conflict between the army, paramilitaries, and dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Briceño, Antioquia. The conflict involves the army, paramilitaries, and dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, also known as FARC.

[00:00:28]The presidential vote is a contest between contradictory proposals for dealing with the decades-long armed conflict.

[00:00:36]The election will take place on Sunday with the outcome uncertain.

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