Published Jun 21, 2026, 8:27 PM ET · Updated 5 months ago · 2 sources
Far-right millionaire Abelardo de la Espriella wins Colombia’s presidential runoff
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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 99.93% of ballots counted in the preliminary vote tally, De la Espriella had secured 12.95m votes, or 49.65%, just 247,686 more than Cepeda, who received 12.7m votes, or 48.7%. A further 1.6% of ballots were cast blank. Enter your email to keep reading - for free. It takes just 30 seconds We’re committed to ke