In removing a presidential rival from office on the basis of a legal technicality, Juan Manuel Santos has done Colombia no favours
Last month, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, took a decision that could undermine attempts to present his country as a modern democracy and might affect the delicate peace process being negotiated with the Farc guerrilla group in Havana. He ratified the dismissal of Bogotá's mayor, Gustavo Petro, the country's second most important directly-elected politician, and the highest-profile former guerrilla in public office.
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