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Colombians Face Impossible Choice Between Candidate Who Promises Change and Candidate Who Also Promises Change, But Louder

Bogotá, Colombia—Millions of Colombians visited polling stations Sunday, confronted with the unenviable task of reading hundreds of campaign leaflets to determine which of two visionaries promising sweeping reforms would better deliver on promising sweeping reforms.

The election, widely seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s habit of signing historic peace pacts between bites of empanada, has polarized voters between Ingrid Vélez—Petro’s loyal protégé with a 12-point plan to maintain the status quo of transformative change—and Horacio ‘El Trumpito’ Mendoza, a charismatic businessman promising to build a wall around Venezuela and make Ecuador pay for it.

“I like Vélez because she says she’ll continue the peace process,” said self-described undecided voter Julio Santacruz. “But Mendoza yells about change with so much confidence, I can’t help but believe he has no idea what he’s talking about either.”

In a recent debate that devolved into a three-hour game of charades, Mendoza outlined his vision for Colombia by holding up a red hat and shouting “Hacer Colombia Genial Otra Vez!” (Make Colombia Great Again). Vélez countered by pulling out a slightly larger red hat and passing a bill in the Senate while everyone was distracted.

“It’s an exciting time,” remarked political analyst Antonieta Ruiz. “For the first time in history, the country must choose between two leaders who are almost indistinguishable except for hairstyle and volume.”

As ballots are counted, experts predict a runoff between Vélez, Mendoza, and possibly a third candidate representing the powerful ‘Let’s All Move To Canada’ party.

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