Zuluaga to Face Santos in Colombia Presidential Runoff
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Colombia’s former Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who opposes the government’s peace talks with Marxist rebels, led the first-round of presidential elections and will face incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a runoff.
The opposition candidate, an ally of former President Alvaro Uribe, won 29.3 percent of the votes with 99.9 percent of polling stations reporting, ahead of Santos on 25.7 percent. To avoid a second round on June 15, a candidate would need to garner more than 50 percent.