Colombian left pins hopes on philosopher candidate Ivan Cepeda

BOGOTA: Philosopher-turned-politician Ivan Cepeda, who made his first public appearance following his father’s assassination by paramilitaries, is decades later running for president of Colombia — one of two candidates in this weekend’s runoff election. Losing his parent, a communist senator, proved life-changing politically as well as personally for Cepeda, who was in his thirties at the time of the killing. Standing in front of a bullet-riddled truck in 1994, his call for justice was televised.

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