i had of sunday's elections. alexander ron pierre, 2 reports from bulger to one if so. so with only hours left before pulls open in columbia, the leading presidential candidates met for a televised debate with a new company. was the last chance to sway undecided voters in one of the most highly contested elections in years. pulse place gustavo paper as the clear front runner, he could become columbia, the 1st left his president for his 1000000 challenger center. right. federico gutierrez attacked what he described as his radical proposals among them. public patience reform that he says could put the country's economic stability at risk. oh yeah. yeah. you can, you have to be and as you and he's had a lot he's proposing taking in nationalizing people savings in pension funds as if this was public money when it is private savings. and they want to tell the 800000000 pension savers that those funds will be safe with me. what he's proposing is bread for today and hunger for tomorrow. petro responded saying gutierrez pretends being independent when in reality, supported by t

bank official, is promising to shake out what he calls the country's broken political system. alexander ron pierre, to reports ah handover of power in costa rica, rodrigo travis is presented the presidential sash after running a successful campaign as a political maverick who promised to clean up a broken system. a message he repeated at easy, now you ation see hoarder again. no, it is time to leave behind the old practices that the costa rican people, rightly fault us with. there is no difference between the ruling party and the opposition. if the political class fails, once again, our country could fall apart. the rise of the former world bank official has surprised many. he emerged from the shadows to the presidency after serving only 8 months as finance minister in the previous administration. he brought a popular streak to they usually subdued costa rican presidential campaign. exploiting a growing resentment against traditional parties and peoples worries of writing, unemployment crime, and the cost of living in costa rican politics. we are now in a new era and it's totally bullet t hi. you