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