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| Colombia's President Santos to face Zuluaga in run-off vote | Colombia's President Santos to face Zuluaga in run-off vote |
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| Official results from Colombia's presidential election say the incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos will face his main rival, Oscar Zuluaga, in a run-off next month. | Official results from Colombia's presidential election say the incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos will face his main rival, Oscar Zuluaga, in a run-off next month. |
| Neither of the two centre-right candidates secured more than 50% of votes needed to avoid a second round. | |
| The election could decide whether peace talks with Farc rebels will continue. | The election could decide whether peace talks with Farc rebels will continue. |
| Mr Santos supports them as the best way to end Colombia's 50-year civil war, but Mr Zuluaga prefers a tougher line. | Mr Santos supports them as the best way to end Colombia's 50-year civil war, but Mr Zuluaga prefers a tougher line. |
| With 99.57% of the votes counted, Mr Zuluaga won the first round with 29.27%, followed by Mr Santos with 25.63%. The other three candidates trailed at least 10 percentage points behind. | With 99.57% of the votes counted, Mr Zuluaga won the first round with 29.27%, followed by Mr Santos with 25.63%. The other three candidates trailed at least 10 percentage points behind. |
| Mr Zuluaga needed 50% plus 1 vote to win outright, and will now face Mr Santos, who finished second, in a 15 June run-off election. | |
| Correspondents say that, although Mr Santos has presided over one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies, support for his re-election had fallen especially among poor Colombians who have not benefitted as much from the economic boom. | Correspondents say that, although Mr Santos has presided over one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies, support for his re-election had fallen especially among poor Colombians who have not benefitted as much from the economic boom. |
| Differences | Differences |
| Both conservative candidates were once cabinet colleagues under former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010), when they backed a free trade agreement and close anti-narcotics cooperation with the United States. | Both conservative candidates were once cabinet colleagues under former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010), when they backed a free trade agreement and close anti-narcotics cooperation with the United States. |
| But they differ on how to manage an 18-month peace process with the Farc, Colombia's largest rebel group, a process which President Santos began in 2012. | But they differ on how to manage an 18-month peace process with the Farc, Colombia's largest rebel group, a process which President Santos began in 2012. |
| He has said he hopes to sign a peace treaty with the left-wing rebels this year. | He has said he hopes to sign a peace treaty with the left-wing rebels this year. |
| But his main challenger, who has the support of Mr Uribe, has dismissed the talks as pandering to terrorists and suggested he would scrap them in favour of tougher military campaigns. | But his main challenger, who has the support of Mr Uribe, has dismissed the talks as pandering to terrorists and suggested he would scrap them in favour of tougher military campaigns. |
| The peace negotiations have so far yielded agreements on three items of a six-point agenda, including on the illegal drug trade. | The peace negotiations have so far yielded agreements on three items of a six-point agenda, including on the illegal drug trade. |
| On 16 May, the Colombian government and the Farc, which controls large areas of rural Colombia, agreed to eliminate all illicit drug production in the country should a final peace deal be reached. | On 16 May, the Colombian government and the Farc, which controls large areas of rural Colombia, agreed to eliminate all illicit drug production in the country should a final peace deal be reached. |
| The peace process, hosted by Cuba, seeks to end Latin America's longest running conflict. | The peace process, hosted by Cuba, seeks to end Latin America's longest running conflict. |
| An estimated 220,000 people have been killed and more than five million others have been displaced since it erupted in 1964. | An estimated 220,000 people have been killed and more than five million others have been displaced since it erupted in 1964. |