Germán was born on 19 February 1962 in Bogotá to Germán Vargas Espinosa and Clemencia Lleras de la Fuente. Vargas Lleras graduated from Our Lady of the Rosary University where he received his Bachelor of Laws, and went to Spain to get his Ph.D in Government and Political Science at the Ortega and Gasset Institute of the Complutense University of Madrid. He comes from one of the country's most prominent political families as he is a grandson of former President Carlos Lleras Restrepo, and nephew of the former presidential candidate Carlos Lleras de la Fuente.
On the other hand, the former guerrilla claimed Tuesday the planning and execution of two attacks with explosives against former Colombian Vice PresidentGermanVargas Lleras, in a letter addressed to former PresidentJuan Manuel Santos. Vargas Lleras was vice president of Santos...
Centrist Sergio Fajardo came in third with 23.7 percent and conservative candidate GermanVargas Lleras was in fourth with 7.3 per cent, according to ...
Centrist Sergio Fajardo came third with 23.8 percent and conservative candidate GermanVargas Lleras was running fourth with 7.3 percent. Many of Fajardo’s voters are expected to vote for Petro and many of Vargas Lleras’ voters for Duque in the run-off scheduled for June 17 ... Petro earlier warned of the possibility of fraud ... ——— ... ————— ... —————. Topics ... .
"We hope Petro can show us the way." ... With Colombia's political polls notoriously unreliable, there's still room for an upset with candidates like Fajardo and former Vice PresidentGermanVargas Lleras trailing close behind. Vargas Lleras is pledging to take a tough stance on remaining security challenges and create more than 1 million new jobs ... — ... .
"We hope Petro can show us the way." ... With Colombia's political polls notoriously unreliable, there's still room for an upset with candidates like Fajardo and former Vice PresidentGermanVargas Lleras trailing close behind. Vargas Lleras is pledging to take a tough stance on remaining security challenges and create more than 1 million new jobs ... —.
BOGOTA, Colombia — A hard-line stance toward demobilized Colombian rebels helped conservative presidential candidate Ivan Duque mount a formidable lead in Sunday’s election, though not enough to avoid a runoff in June ... “Now, that’s not so clear.” ... GermanVargas Lleras (7 percent) and former Vice PresidentHumberto de la Calle (2 percent). ——— ... ——— ... .
Surveys indicate that none of the five presidential candidates is strong enough to garner the 50 percent plus one votes needed to avoid a June runoff ... right-wing Sen ... Also running are former MedellinMayorSergio Fajardo; former senator and Cabinet ministerGermanVargas Lleras, and former vice president and peace negotiator Humberto de la Calle ... ———.
Colombians are heading to the polls to elect a new president Sunday, and entrenched polarization on how to handle the country's fragile peace process and growing refugee crisis is front and center ... The stakes ... Among the most controversial points of the agreement ... GERMAN VARGAS LLERAS - Lleras served as vice president in Santos' government ... .
Centrist Sergio Fajardo came third with 17 percent, up 4 points from the previous poll, and support for center-right GermanVargas Lleras held steady at 6 percent.
Voters also elected a new congress ... Also running for president are Sergio Fajardo, a former mayor of Medellin, and ex-vice president GermanVargas Lleras ... Duque and Vargas Lleras, from the Radical Change party, have strong party machines behind them and can count on backing in Congress if they win ... ambassador Juan Carlos Pinzon. .