Colombia braces for June runoff as outsider and leftist edge into final pace
TL;DR
With 99% of ballots counted, Abelardo de la Espriella led around 43% and Ivan Cepeda about 40%, neither reaching 50% to avoid a second round, setting up a June 21 runoff. De la Espriella campsaigned as a hardline security outsider promising aggressive crime-fighting and even megaprison construction, while Cepeda—a veteran leftist senator aligned with outgoing president Petro and the Total Peace policy—advocates negotiated solutions to Colombia’s decades-long conflict.
- Cepeda, de la Espriella advance in Colombia’s presidential election Al Jazeera
- Colombian presidency goes to runoff election that could redefine relations with the US CNN
- Colombia’s Petro sows doubt on election showing his favored successor heading to runoff against pro-Trump rival NBC News
- Colombia Presidential Election Heads to a Runoff The New York Times
- Pro-Trump presidential candidate wins spot in Colombian runoff Politico
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