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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez.
And we're going to begin in Colombia, where about a quarter of a million soldiers
and police have been deployed to protect polling stations during today's presidential election.
There's been an upsurge in violence in the South American
country recently as armed groups battle for control of the cocaine trade, among other things.
And that'll be one of the issues on voters' minds as they cast their ballots.
The current left-wing president, Gustavo Petro,
who cannot serve another term, said Colombians mustn't be intimidated into voting for a particular candidate.
"The right to vote, and we must be clear about it, must be free and transparent. Freedom is the basis of democracy,
and if that freedom doesn't exist, it's nothing more than a word, democracy. Every citizen
should understand this. Freedom means that their vote is in accordance with their convictions, their analysis,
and whatever they want. And it cannot be interfered with by pressures from outside
that individual. So that means that those who offer you money for a vote,