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The right-wing newcomer poised to take power in Colombia
右翼新人即將接掌哥倫比亞
IVN DUQUE IS ON TRACK TO SUCCEED Juan Manuel Santos as President of Colombia, after winning national elections on May 27.
5月27日贏得全國大選后，伊萬·杜克有望接替胡安·曼努埃爾·桑托斯，成為哥倫比亞下任總統(tǒng)。
But with 39% of the vote, the right-wing Senator did not secure a large enough majority
不過，這位右翼參議員的支持率只有39%，沒有達到多數(shù)票的標準，
to avoid a runoff battle on June 17 with Gustavo Petro, a leftist former guerrilla, who won 25%.
因而也就難免在6月17日與前左翼游擊隊員，選票率為25%的古斯塔沃·佩特羅再次展開決勝之戰(zhàn)。
Now Colombia faces a stark choice between hard left and hard right:
如今的哥倫比亞面臨著強硬左派和強硬右派之間的兩難抉擇：
A FRESH FACE
新面孔
Just 41, the former lawyer has spent much of his adult life in the U.S.,
這位現(xiàn)年41歲的前律師成年后的大部分時間都是在美國度過的，
studying at Georgetown University and working at the Inter- American Development Bank in Washington,
先是在喬治敦大學上學，后來又去了華盛頓的美洲開發(fā)銀行工作，
until former President Alvaro Uribe asked him to return to run for Senator in 2014.
直到2014年，前總統(tǒng)阿爾瓦羅·烏里韋邀請他回國參加參議員競選。
With just one term under his belt, Duque is seen as inexperienced but also free from the corruption allegations that dog Colombia’s political elite.
由于只有一屆任期，在人們眼中，杜克存在缺乏經(jīng)驗的問題，但也沒有像其他哥倫比亞政治精英那樣受到腐敗指控的困擾。
He has been nicknamed the Colombian Macron by Spanish-language media for his perceived similarity to the upstart President of France.
他被西班牙語媒體戲稱為“哥倫比亞的馬克龍”，因為人們認為他與法國的這位暴發(fā)戶總統(tǒng)有些相似。
THE DEAL BREAKER
出爾反爾之人
Duque gained notoriety for fierce attacks on Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement with Marxist guerrillas the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia(FARC).
杜克靠著猛烈抨擊哥倫比亞2016年與奉行馬克斯主義的左翼游擊隊“哥倫比亞革命武裝力量”(簡稱“FARC”)簽訂的和平條約打響了自己的名號。
The deal ended 52 years of civil war, which left 220,000 dead and displaced up to 7 million,
該條約結束了長達52年的內(nèi)戰(zhàn)，而那場內(nèi)戰(zhàn)奪走了22萬人的性命，足足700萬人流離失所，
but many felt it was too lenient on the militant group.
但很多人都認為條約對那些武裝集團的處置太過仁慈了。
Duque wants to scrap key parts of the agreement, including a partial amnesty for crimes committed by the FARC.
杜克想要廢除條約的核心內(nèi)容，包括一定程度上赦免FARC犯下的罪行。
LEFT BEHIND
落后
Analysts are not ruling out a second-round victory for Petro,
分析人士沒有排除佩特羅在第二輪選舉中獲勝的可能性，
whose railing against wealth inequality won him more votes than any other left-wing candidate in Colombian history.
他譴責財富分配不均并藉此贏得了比該國歷史上任何左翼候選人都多的選票。
But Duque’s market-friendly stance and promises to cut corporate taxes
但杜克的市場友好型姿態(tài)以及削減企業(yè)稅的承諾
appeal to those in the center worried by the country’s sluggish economic growth.
迎合了那些擔心哥倫比亞經(jīng)濟增長乏力的中間派人士。
And with the economic crisis in neighboring Venezuela having sent more than a million migrants pouring into Colombia in search of jobs and food,
由于鄰國委內(nèi)瑞拉遭遇經(jīng)濟危機，100多萬移民涌入哥倫比亞謀取生計，
the country is widely expected to follow Argentina and Brazil in a Latin American rejection of the populist left.
外界普遍預計，該國將會效仿阿根廷和巴西，加入拉丁美洲抵制民粹主義左派的大潮。
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