Slideshow: Election 2008, the day after
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Front pages of Colombian newspapers announcing the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential election are displayed in Bogota on November 5, 2008. Colombia, one of Latin America's staunch friend of the U.S. so far, was quick to congratulate Obama and sent a message via its foreign ministry saying it wanted to "continue working on areas of common interest."
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