Santos Re-Elected Colombian President on Peace Talks Pledge
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won a second four-year term in elections yesterday, gaining a mandate to push ahead with talks aimed at ending 50 years of fighting with Marxist guerrillas.
Santos, 62, a former journalist who studied at the University of Kansas, won 51 percent of the runoff vote against 45 percent for opposition leader Oscar Ivan Zuluaga. Four percent of electors cast “blank votes.” The new term of office starts on Aug. 7.