BOGOTA — It was a hostile homecoming for former guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londono as he campaigned for Colombia’s presidency in the coffee-growing region he abandoned four decades ago to join the rebels. But it was nearly wrecked before even beginning when he was chased out of the nearby city of Armenia a day earlier. A video circulating on social media showed the moment when Londono, wearing bulletproof vest, had to be hurried out of a building by his nervous bodyguards past a small group of hecklers waiting for him. Polls show support for Timochenko ahead of the presidential election in May hovering in the low single digits. “Here the inconformity of my elders laid deep roots and taught me that I must fight if I want to see change.”

Source: National Post February 04, 2018 03:45 UTC