2010 Colombian Elections

Turns out I am in Colombia once again for the world cup in soccer, but Colombia did not even classify, so the entire country is just enjoying the tournament. Cool beans. The games have not been what was expected, you would think that after 4 years of practice you would see amazing soccer, but no. There is one amazing play in 50 it is kinda disappointing. My grandmother watches each and every game so I follow along and see what is going on with the best of the best in the worlds most popular sport. Colombia was represented by two singers: Shakira and Juanes. Both are amazing artists and anyone, even those that can not understand spanish should take a look. I am not saying anyone will like them, since everyone has their own likes, they are just good artists.

Anyways, the reason for the post today is the Colombian elections. Well the second run. The contestants are Juan Manuel Santos and Antanas Mockus. Mockus is a favorite among the young generation of this beautiful country, however even though it seems that there is barely anything bad to say about this man. Being that he was governor of the capital and turned out to be the best governor this country has had. Has great plans for employment and for control of the violations and gerrilla (the anti gov. rebel group that runs the great jungles of this country). Despite these great merits, his contestant Mr. Santos has won by a landslide of 66% to a 25%. Reason for this is the obvious when there is no "he is a good contestant" response. This contestant is backed up by some of the most powerfull companies in Colombia like the sugar company and by a big part of the senate since he belonged to it OH YEAH and not to mention the PRESIDENT and his entire cabinet. there might as well not be any elections. Maybe one day there will be a very good president.

The previous president began his turn extremely well, but after serving his 2nd turn the corruption is too great even for  a man that started out being totally legit.

Hoping for the best. Colombian Youth