South America has high hopes for democracy in Colombia as country transforms post-civil war

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Today Colombia
By Oliver Kaplan, Special to CNN

A year ago today, peace negotiators in Colombia began working with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group to end a nearly 50-year bloody conflict. Can Colombia build on its democratic opening? Colombia Vice-President Angelino Garzon said Thursday he will not be President’s Juan Manuel Santos running mate in the 2014 elections. In a radio interview, Garzon said that “I don’t want to be the running mate of any candidate for the Presidency.”