Colombia's Santos re-elected, FARC peace talks to continue
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[quote]Juan Manuel Santos has won re-election in Colombia's most dramatic presidential contest in years.
Mr Santos won nearly 51% of votes and saw off his right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who had 45%.
Correspondents say the victory will be seen as an endorsement of the president's ongoing peace talks with the leftist Farc rebel group.
Mr Zuluaga had said he would halt the talks unless the rebels ceased all hostilities.[/quote]
Also daaaamn:
[quote]With almost all the votes counted electronically, results were announced one hour after polls closed.[/quote]
yet we here in the U.S. don't trust the very computers we invented to count the votes in the first place...
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