Incumbent President Gustavo Petro dismissed the premature declaration as “merely wishful thinking”
Pro-Trump lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella has claimed victory in Colombia’s presidential runoff after preliminary results showed him winning by a narrow margin, as the country’s left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, and the ruling party’s candidate, Ivan Cepeda, both vowed to scrutinize every vote.
With 99.9% of the ballots counted, de la Espriella was leading left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda by fewer than 250,000 votes, or roughly one percentage point – a much narrower margin than in the first round in May.
“Here we are, the vice president and the…
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