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Posted on 06/21/2026 6:25:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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 99.98% of ballots counted in the preliminary vote tally, De la Espriella had secured 12.95m votes, or 49.66%, just 249,901 more than Cepeda, who received 12.7m votes, or 48.7%. A further 1.6% of ballots were cast blank.
The margin was narrower than in the first round three weeks ago, when De la Espriella had beaten Cepeda by 673,000 votes.
De la Espriella’s victory marks a sharp swing back to the right after four years under Colombia’s first and only leftwing president, Gustavo Petro, who was barred by the constitution from seeking re-election and therefore backed Cepeda as his successor.
The result is also being seen as further evidence of a wave of far-right candidates sweeping presidential elections across Latin America, after recent victories by Nasry Asfura in Honduras and José Antonio Kast in Chile, while Keiko Fujimori currently leads the vote count in Peru.
Like them, De la Espriella also received the endorsement of the US president, Donald Trump – although only after winning the first round.
In a live address broadcast on his social media channels, De la Espriella said his victory would “change the course of Colombia’s history forever”.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
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The Commie margin-of-cheating fell just short.
Not just “right,” but “far right.” When was the last time the Guardian used “left” or “far left?”
Ever since US AID funding was cut, the Left has been losing a lot in Latin America
“ Ever since US AID funding was cut, the Left has been losing a lot in Latin America.”
Funny, that.
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BREAKING: Colombia's president Gustavo Petro says he does not recognize results of the presidential election and suggests interference from Israel— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 21, 2026
The opposite of far right is far wrong.
Tiago Rogero is deeply saddened. Good.
And here at home, the democRAT National Committee (DNC) has been forced to ask for loans.
LOL election denier, I thought that was a doggy no no
Didn’t cheat hard enough, then or now.
“The margin was narrower than in the first round three weeks ago, when De la Espriella had beaten Cepeda by 673,000 votes”
And when the far, far, far Leftist Marxist Leninist Maoist murdering thugs take over a country, what do they call it?
Progress.
The way the left uses the term "far right" nowadays, which is anything that they disagree with. Virtually all of those things are just normal common sense.
Ever since US AID funding was cut, the Left has been losing a lot in Latin America
I think it has more to do with Venezuelan immigration, seeing first hand what socialism creates and how much their leftist leaders failed to keep the people safe from unvetted illegals mostly from Venezuela (pre-Trump) and the violence and gangs they brought.
And narco violence in general.
Their left wants to appease them, their right wants to Make The Streets Safe Again.
He’s not far right. The left is far out.
With 99.98% of ballots counted in the preliminary vote tally...
Cepeda’s party was formed by a coalition of several leftist parties, including the Communist Party of Colombia. Of course, that would make him only leftwing, not far-left. Maybe he would have to go Maoist to be considered far-left.
So he beat the far-left candidate.
Far-right.... that means he is not a communist.
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