COLOMBIA: Another Profile Of Green Party Presidential Candidate Mockus.

GUARDIAN.UK/  Profile and Analysis/    Colombia's Obama-like candidate, Antanas Mockus, is getting more and more media coverage as he extends his surprizing lead in polls for the 30 May presidential contest.

"Say it quietly, but the next president of Colombia might not be a guerrilla-obsessed rightwinger. Just about everyone had expected Alvaro Uribe's successor to be a similar hardliner, such as former defence minister Juan Manuel Santos. Instead, Colombians are on the verge of electing a leader who will transform their parasitic political culture. Latin America's most exciting presidential prospect since Lula da Silva has arrived. The great white hope is Antanas Mockus, candidate of the reinvented Green party. He has persuaded Colombians that they can do more than just insult their old-style politicians: they can vote them out."