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Seeking Alpha reports that rising political risk is weighing on the Colombian peso and stocks ahead of the May presidential election. The article cites a leftist candidate leading in polls and ELN guerrilla attacks that cut January oil production.
A weaker peso raises the local cost of imported feed inputs for Colombian producers, and oil supply disruptions affect the country's export earnings.
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