Is Colombia ready for a woman President?
International Women's Day 2008By Rafa XII
Saturday 8 March 2008 15:15 COT
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In Latin America, Argentina was a pioneer in 1974, when María Estela Martínez (Isabelita) de Perón was sworn as President when his husband passed out, and today the country of tango has again a woman as a chief of State, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Its neighbour Chile lives the same with Ms Michelle Bachelet. In Central America, Nicaragua was ruled by Violeta Barrios de Chamorro and Panamá by Mireya Moscoso. Even closer to Colombia, in Ecuador, Rosalía Arteaga was chosen as interim president.
Faced with the big advances women have achieved in Colombian politics since the establishment of feminine vote in the 1950s, it’s worthy to wonder if we are prepared for a woman to become President of the Republic.
Who, among these women, should become President of Colombia?
- Piedad Córdoba (leftist Liberal Party congresswoman) (50%, 5 Votes)
- Carolina Barco (former foreign minister; current ambassador to U. S.) (40%, 4 Votes)
- María Emma Mejía (centre-left politician, former foreign minister) (10%, 1 Votes)
- Claudia Blum (former congresswoman; current ambassador to UN) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Cecilia López (Liberal Party congresswoman) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Gina Parody (congresswoman for the ruling coalition) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Martha Lucía Ramírez (congresswoman for the ruling coalition; former defence minister) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Noemí Sanin (former foreign minister; current ambassador to U. K.) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Other (specify in comments) (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 10
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sunday 9 march 2008, 13:01 COT
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monday 10 march 2008, 11:17 COT
From the list of potential woman presidents for Colombia, the answer to the question seems to be a sound NO. None of them, except perhaps Noemí Sanín and Carolina Barco, have enough personal importance in the group they represent to be seriously considered as candidates for presidency. Piedad Córdoba could be another strong character, but she is only perceived as high-profile frontend of a blurred radical faction of the PDA (which she is not, but that is irrelevant compared to how is she perceived).
Martha Lucía Ramírez was mentioned now and then as the continuity candidate for the “Democratic Security” rubbish, which, given her total lack of personality, can only be interpreted as a power show-off of the Opus Dei mafia.