INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NOEMI SANIN GREETS AT CROWD, 1998-05-24 (photo)

Independent Presidential Candidate Noemi Sanin (R) raises her arms at the end of her final open-air political rally in the central square of Zipaquira some 40 kms from the capital May 24. Also with arms raised is the widely respected former M-19 rebel leader Antonio Navarro Wolff (L) who is backing Sanin's candidacy. Sanin is running third in opinion polls for the May 31 presidential elections but is staging a late surge that threatens to put her ahead of her rivals in the larger cities. In accordance with Colombian electoral law, all candidates held their final election rallies and walkabouts Sunday exactly one week before the ballot. jmg/Photo by Carlos H. JMG/CM/AA