Right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella is beating left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda, according to preliminary results
Colombians are on track to elect pro-Trump lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella in Sunday’s presidential runoff, according to preliminary results, steering the country back to the right after four years under its first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro.
With more than 99% of the votes counted, de la Espriella was leading left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda by roughly one percentage point.
Both candidates ran campaigns aimed at boosting turnout and courting voters who skipped the first round in May, which had a 57% turnout and saw de la Espriella lead by a narrow three-point margin.
Cepeda, 63, a close ally of Petro, had promised to continue peace talks with armed guerrilla groups that have fought the Colombian state for more than half a century. He had also pledged to expand social welfare programs and introduce anti-corruption measures.
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