Colombian Leader Sees Buffer Against the Rising Radical Tide

  • Colombian President Ivan Duque speaks in interview in New York
  • Former guerrilla Petro leads in polls ahead of May election
Colombian President Ivan Duque discusses the nation’s economic growth efforts, measures to attract foreign investment, and relationship with China on “Balance of Power.”Source: Bloomberg)
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Investors shouldn’t fear that Colombia will elect a radical in next year’s presidential vote, President Ivan Duque said.

“Colombia has always been dismissive of extremists and I have the optimistic sense that Colombia will remain in the center,” Duque said Thursday, in an interview at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters.