Mockus’ loss to Santos in Colombia’s presidential election
Jun 30, 2010
By Rokas M. Tracevskis

ELECTION SPELL: Ritual blessings by African-Colombians during the election campaign did not help Antanas Mockus to win the post of Colombia’s president.
VILNIUS - On June 20, Lithuanian-origin Antanas Mockus was defeated by the governing Social National Unity Party candidate Juan Manuel Santos in the final round of Colombia’s presidential elections. Santos received 69 percent of the votes while Green Party candidate Mockus got 28 percent. There was no big difference in essence between both candidates, but there was a significant difference in style. In his victory speech, Santos told Colombia’s leftist rebel group, FARC (Revolutio ...
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