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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 07:02 PM Jun 2014

Controversial election billboards reported in central Colombia

Controversial election billboards reported in central Colombia
Jun 13, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya



A number of aggressive billboards attacking Colombia’s president and supporting the opposition candidate in the upcoming presidential election’s second round have sprung up in the central state of Meta, national Semana Magazine reported on Thursday.

One of the political billboards, which shows several cartoons with a caption stating “The people that surround [President Juan Manuel] Santos are the most hated people in Colombia,” is situated on a principal road of the state capital, Villavicencio, Semana reported.

The billboard depict, in an unpleasant manner, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, former leftist Senator Piedad Cordoba, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, Cuban President Raul Castro, former Colombian Presidents Ernesto Samper and Cesar Gaviria, and negotiator for Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, Ivan Marquez.

The billboard, which concludes its statement with “YOU DECIDE – Vote for President Oscar Ivan Zuluaga,” supports the Democratic Center’s (Centro Democratico – CD) presidential candidate, who will vie for the country’s presidency against the incumbent Santos on June 15.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/controversial-colombia-election-billboards-go-far/

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Controversial election billboards reported in central Colombia (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2014 OP
Looks like a lot of mud-slinging is going on. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #1
They are dragging out their "call out a commie!" crap again. Judi Lynn Jun 2014 #2
I'd say it has more to do with the fact that the FARC are generally despised by Colombians Marksman_91 Jun 2014 #3

Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
2. They are dragging out their "call out a commie!" crap again.
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 11:27 PM
Jun 2014

These diseased clowns never really die out, do they? There's always some half-wit slinking around reading to try to resurrect the Cold War all over again.

Buffoons.

Right-wingers have nothing respectable to run on, that's what they have to spend their time trying to destroy the ones who do.

 

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
3. I'd say it has more to do with the fact that the FARC are generally despised by Colombians
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:08 AM
Jun 2014

That, and they see the disaster that Venezuela is under Maduro, as well as the Castros being friendly with the guerrillas. The Colombian people are now thinking that Santos would be leading them down the same path as the Chavista regime, and would also provide the FARC the opportunity to have a voice in politics and somehow be forgiven for all the crimes and attacks they committed throughout decades. The fact of the matter is, what Colombians want more than peace itself is justice, and they certainly don't see how either of those things will be achieved if the government negotiates with the FARC.

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