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4 unusual facts about Antanas Mockus


Antanas Mockus

On 9 April 2010 he announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

In August 2009, Mockus and two other past mayors of Bogotá (Enrique Peñalosa and Luis Eduardo Garzón) joined a new political movement, Colombian Green Party and decided that one of them would run for office in the 2010 Colombian presidential elections.

During Mockus' unsuccessful presidential bid in 1998, Enrique Peñalosa replaced him as mayor.

Sex strike

Also the mayor of Bogota, Antanas Mockus, declared the capital a women-only zone for one night, suggesting men to stay at home to reflect on violence.



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