Colombia Has a New President Who is Opposed to the Peace Deal
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Ivan Duque won a run-off election on June 17th to become the next president of Colombia. Duque is a right of center politician who has been a sharp critic of the peace deal negotiated by president Juan Manuel Santos that ended a half century long conflict with the FARC rebels.\\xa0
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Duque will be sworn in on August 7th, and that of course raises the question: what happens to this peace deal now that the president of Colombia is on the record opposing it. Can the deal survive? And what comes next for the country?\\xa0
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On the line with me to answer these questions and more is Provash Budden, the America's regional director for the NGO Mercy Corps.\\xa0
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We kick off discussing the unique political history of Ivan Duque and then have a longer conversation about what his election means for the peace accords.\\xa0
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