Polls show cliffhanger presidential election in Colombia


  • World
  • Friday, 06 Jun 2014

Colombia's President and presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos (R) holds hands with former presidential candidate Clara Lopez of the Alternative Democratic Pole party, during a campaign rally in Bogota June 5, 2014. REUTERS/John Vizcaino

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Three polls showed on Friday that Colombia's presidential race is too close to call as opposition challenger Ivan Oscar Zuluaga seeks to unseat President Juan Manuel Santos in a June 15 runoff focussed on how to end the country's half-century guerrilla war.

A Gallup poll showed the two candidates neck-and-neck, but two other surveys gave solid leads to one or the other.

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