My concern is that it is a robust democracy and their elections are not predictable, as we have seen in the last three elections where they really changed directions in each one of those elections, but it was the will of the people at the ballot that changed the direction of the country.
Cardin highlights Colombia's democratic unpredictability and the importance of respecting its electoral outcomes.
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I support that, but whether we will ever get to that point, my concern is it is going to be years down the road, and we are going to have another Moldova and another Georgia.
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