Colombia to hold vote free from guerrilla threat, analysis For the first time in half a decade, Colombia will elect a new congress Sunday without the threat of leftist rebels who traditionally marred such voting with violence. For Yann Basset, professor at Universidad del Rosario, the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which are now a political party fielding candidates under a 2016 peace accord, will have "little to gain in terms of votes in these elections." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES**REFILING WITH CORRECTION TO NAME: YANN AND NOT YEANN BASSET**