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Nasty campaign done, Colombia vote hinges on peace

By Frank Bajak
Published June 13, 2014 10:14pm ET
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Nasty campaign done, Colombia vote hinges on peace
FILE - In this June 9, 2014 file photo, presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, left, points as he faces Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos during a televised debate in Bogota, Colombia. Colombia's nastiest presidential campaign in years has focused largely on a single issue: Santos' prescription for ending the nation's half-century-old guerrilla conflict. Colombia will hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday, June 15. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) | Fernando Vergara

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The man who hopes to unseat Juan Manuel Santos as president was seething.

“It’s not possible to respect you. You don’t have the stature,” said Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, close enough to land a punch and looking as if he wanted to, as he confronted Santos in the final televised debate ahead of Sunday’s election.

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