Bogotá Voters Send Marxists Packing

panampost.com ^ | Oct. 28, 2015 | María Paula Suárez Navas

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After a close race for mayor in the Colombian capital of Bogotá, former Mayor Enrique Peñalosa emerged victorious last Sunday to regain his old post with one-third of the vote.

Besides his own proposals, Peñalosa, of the center-right Radical Change party, was undoubtedly favored by the fact that Bogotá residents had grown tired of 12 years of leftist rule in the city. In the last decade, city infrastructure has decayed, crime has increased, and poor planning surrounding the Integrated Transportation System has worsened public mobility.

Political and security analyst John Marulanda believes the key to Peñalosa’s victory was his decision to separate from traditional politics and present himself as a results-oriented manager. “The polarization and the lack of progress led voters to punish the communist left in Colombia,” Marulanda says. “With this election, it’s become clear that Marxism-Leninism is old, fringe politics.”

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the fact that Bogotá residents had grown tired of 12 years of leftist rule in the city. In the last decade, city infrastructure has decayed, crime has increased, and poor planning surrounding the Integrated Transportation System has worsened public mobility.

HELLO AMERICA!!

[ZULU]

MUY BUENO!!!

[CGASMIA68]

All my friends from Miami with roots in S America have been telling me for years,America better wake up,we didn’t leave for the same!

[SunkenCiv]

How long before Zero calls for the reinstatement of the repudiated Marxists?