Far-right lawyer De La Espriella wins Colombia’s tight presidential race
Key takeaways
- Far right lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella, who won backing of Donald Trump, seals narrow victory in run-off election.
- Abelardo de la Espriella won 49.7 percent of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70 percent, with 99.9 percent of results released by electoral authorities early Monday.
- Cepeda, 63, had pledged to maintain the policies of President Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and the country’s first leftist president, including popular social measures and continued peace talks with armed groups.
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Far right lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella, who won backing of Donald Trump, seals narrow victory in run-off election.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Far-right Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella (C) greets supporters following preliminary results that show him leading leftist Ivan Cepeda, in Barranquilla, Colombia [Mauricio Duenas Castaneda/EPA]By AFP and Reuters Published On 22 Jun 202622 Jun 2026Far-right lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella has clinched a narrow victory in Colombia’s presidential run-off election, according to an initial ballot count.
Abelardo de la Espriella won 49.7 percent of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70 percent, with 99.9 percent of results released by electoral authorities early Monday.