How Colombia’s local elections strengthened VP’s expected 2018 presidential bid
Colombian Vice President German Vargas circles in on the 2018 presidency after impressively expanding a network of political allies in Sunday’s local elections.
Colombian Vice President German Vargas circles in on the 2018 presidency after impressively expanding a network of political allies in Sunday’s local elections.
Colombia’s Vice-President German Vargas is free to run for president in 2018, in spite of congressional efforts to bar him because his position in power could harm the interests of other candidates.
A political reform proposed by the Colombian government to reduce excessive power of top government officials, made an exception that is particularly favorable for the vice-president’s assumed ambition to run for president in 2018.