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BOGOTA, Colombia — A conservative former defense minister who promises to build on Alvaro Uribe’s security gains easily defeated a maverick outsider in Colombia’s election Sunday but fell short of the votes needed to avoid a June 20 presidential runoff.
Juan Manuel Santos, a political veteran who says he will continue President Uribe’s popular pro-Washington policies, won 47 percent support against 21 percent for Antanas Mockus, a mathematician who pledged clean government as the Green Party candidate.
