From Al Jazeera:
Polls have shown Juan Manuel Santos, a candidate for the Unity Party and a former defence minister under Uribe, in a tight trace with Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus, a former mayor of the capital, Bogota.
Although there are nine candidates running, Santos and Mockus have grabbed the most attention in the campaign…
From France24:
Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogota, is one of the front-runners for Sunday’s presidential elections.
Popular with voters old and young, the 58-year-old son of a Lithuanian immigrant wants to bring educational revolution to Colombia and weed out the violence plaguing Colombia.Mockus also enjoys wide support for his stance on environmental protection and social dialogue.A philosopher and a mathematician by trade, Mockus wants to change Colombians’ way of thinking and set up a new citizen-oriented culture.