Colombia’s Democracy Faces a Defining Test
The attack on presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay deepens the nation’s political divide and security crisis.
BOGOTÁ—The videos recorded by attendees of the small rally have been replayed thousands of times on social media. It was a cloudy afternoon on June 7 in Colombia’s capital, and senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was addressing the crowd gathered in a neighborhood not far from the city’s airport. He stood atop an empty beer case delivering a speech, and when he pronounced the word “Colombia,” his head shook violently, and he fell to the ground. What followed was a chaotic scene with people running and shouting. Someone pressed a cloth on the gunshot...
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