Kinley Salmon

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169 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 1 Jul

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And these three represent really just radically different visions for the future of Colombia.

And right now it's still possible that any of the three could yet be the next president.

Well, it's a bit of a split picture.

I mean, security is bad, and voters are worried about it.

Last year, a presidential candidate was assassinated.

Cocaine production, this is a country that produces two-thirds of the world's cocaine, that production's at record highs.

More civilians have been caught up in the violence than at any point in the last decade.

So that's all pretty grim.

And that's partly because the government's been pursuing something called total peace, an attempt to negotiate with all these represents.

Groups who are really just drug traffickers at this stage at the same time.

And that's basically failed.

But the flip side is that voters are feeling quite a bit better about the economy.

Consumptions are Petra, the current left-wing president, has hiked the minimum wage by 17%.

That's a big feel-good for a lot of people.

I mean, the government is overspending, trying to kind of pump up the economy.

It's a bit artificial, if you like, that they're bullying the central bank to lower rates.

But of course, jam today is popular, and that certainly helps the left and their candidates appear.

Well, he's in a good position, arguably a favorite or or close to it, probably because of this pumping of the economy by the current government.

But he's a very different figure to Gustavo Petra.

Petra is a sort of impetuous character.

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