Far-right millionaire Abelardo de la Espriella wins Colombia’s presidential runoff

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Far-right millionaire Abelardo de la Espriella wins Colombia’s presidential runoff

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Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right millionaire lawyer admired by Trump, narrowly won Colombia's presidential runoff, defeating leftwing senator Iván Cepeda amid allegations of vote count irregularities. De la Espriella secured just under 50% of the votes in a divided election.

Leftwing opponent alleges vote count irregularities after Trump-endorsed lawyer secures narrow majority The Trump-admiring far-right millionaire lawyer and self-styled “outsider” Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia’s presidential runoff, defeating the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda. With 99.65% of ballots counted in the preliminary vote tally, de la Espriella had secured 12.91m votes, or 49.65%, just 248,310 more than Cepeda, who received 12.67m votes, or 48.7%. A further 1.6% of ballots were cast blank. Continue reading...

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