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Right-wing lawyer De La Espriella, leftist senator Cepeda set for heated Colombia runoff

BOGOTA, June 1 - Right-wing Colombian lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella and leftist senator Ivan Cepeda will head to a June presidential runoff after Sunday's tight vote, in a contest so far dominated by voter concerns… Grouped from 3 articles across 2 sources.

3 reports2 sourcesJun 1, 2026, 1:40 PM
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The Straits TimesJun 1, 2026, 1:40 PM

Right-wing lawyer De La Espriella, leftist senator Cepeda set for heated Colombia runoff

BOGOTA, June 1 - Right-wing Colombian lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella and leftist senator Ivan Cepeda will head to a June presidential runoff after Sunday's tight vote, in a contest so far dominated by voter concerns over security and the economy, to which each candidate has offered populist solutions.

The Straits TimesJun 1, 2026, 11:05 AM

Colombia right-wing lawyer De La Espriella, leftist senator Cepeda set for adversarial runoff

BOGOTA, June 1 - Right-wing Colombian lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella and leftist senator Ivan Cepeda will compete in a June presidential runoff after a tight vote on Sunday, in a contest dominated by voter concerns over security and the economy to which each candidate has offered populist solutions.

The GuardianJun 1, 2026, 10:35 AM

Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate De la Espriella wins first round of vote ahead of runoff

Lawyer and Trump admirer has risen rapidly in the polls and will face Iván Cepeda in election runoff in three weeks A far-right lawyer and Donald Trump admirer will go head-to-head against leftwing senator Iván Cepeda in the race to be Colombia’s next president after he won a surprise victory in the first round of voting. With 100% of ballots counted, the outsider Abelardo de la Espriella secured 43.7% of the vote – just over 10.3m votes – compared with 40.9% (about 9.6m votes) for Cepeda, a philosopher and human rights activist who has served as a senator since 2014 and is backed by the current leftwing president, Gustavo Petro. Continue reading...

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