COMMENTARY Colombia should have shed its violent, centuries-old polarization when its civil war ended, but its political pendulum still swings far right and far left — especially in this presidential election.
To appreciate how far right-versus-far left Colombia has become, start not with campaigns, but with clothing.
When U.S. candidates want to show they stand for their national values, they wrap themselves in the American flag. When South American candidates want to show they stand for la patria, they wrap themselves in the national soccer jersey.
So, right-wing former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro draped his political project in his country’s Amarelinha, or Little
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