Colombia: The Clear Path for President-Elect Santos

As Juan Manuel Santos prepares to assume the presidency in Colombia on August 7, Jaime Restrepo of the blog Atrabilioso [es] writes that Santos has a clear path ahead because of the clear mandate provided by the voters and because of the almost unanimous support for fellow party member Armando Benedetti, who was elected President of the Senate. However, Restrepo states should Santos truly want to “make history,” then he should being a reform of the judicial system.

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