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The National Electoral Council (CNE) certified Abelardo de la Espriella as the country’s new president after scrutinizing Sunday’s tally sheets. According to the CNE, De la Espriella received 12,960,166 votes, 624 more than had been counted by the National Registry, which organized the election. The leftist Ivan Cepeda received 400 votes less than […]

Colombian leftist senator Iván Cepeda formally conceded defeat on Wednesday, acknowledging conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella as the country’s president-elect after electoral authorities confirmed that the official vote count closely matched the preliminary tally. The concession, coupled with outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s announcement […]

The leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda conceded defeat in Colombia’s presidential election ahead of the end of the formal vote count. At a press conference, Cepeda said he accepted the results of the formal count that changed little to the preliminary count that was announced on Sunday. I have decided to accept the result of that The post Ivan Cepeda concedes […]

Standing behind a bulletproof screen beneath Barranquilla’s towering Ventana al Mundo monument, President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella delivered a triumphant yet carefully choreographed victory speech Sunday night, promising to restore security, revive confidence in Colombia’s democratic institutions and govern for all Colombians after one of the […]

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Congratulations poured in from world leaders on Sunday evening  after conservative president-elect Abelardo “El Tigre” de la Espriella secured a razor-thin victory in Colombia’s presidential runoff, with messages from Washington to Jerusalem signaling expectations of a significant realignment in the country’s foreign and economic policies. The […]

The projected winner of Colombia’s election, Abelardo de la Espriella, claimed victory and warned opponents to “refrain from sparking social unrest.” During his victory speech, De la Espriella ignored electoral authorities’ alert that Sunday’s count was preliminary and that the official results will be the result of a scrutiny process. With a […]

Colombia’s leftist presidential candidate, Senator Ivan Cepeda, says that party lawyers will challenge the results of 27% of the ballot boxes. in a speech that followed the presidential election, Cepeda said that the lawyers of his political party, the Historic pact, were “in the process of challenging 33,000” of 122,200 ballot boxes. We must report […]

Conservative firebrand Abelardo “El Tigre” de la Espriella has been elected Colombia’s next president after defeating hard-left rival Iván Cepeda in Sunday’s presidential runoff by less than one percentage point, capping one of the closest and most consequential elections in the country’s recent democratic history. According to National Registry […]

Colombia’s voters elected far-right attorney Abelardo de la Espriella as their new president, according to the preliminary count of the National Registry. With 99.58% of the preliminary tallies counted, De la Espriella obtained 49.65% of the votes. His leftist opponent, Senator Ivan Cepeda, got 48.7% of the votes. The remaining 1.63% cast a blank vote. […]

The battle between De la Espriella and Cepeda has come to an end, and little is left of Colombia’s democracy. Support Colombia Reports as a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paid subscriber⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or with a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠one-time donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. The post Colombia’s election crisis: scandals, foreign […]

Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office opened a formal investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe for his alleged ties to a paramilitary group in his native Antioquia province. In a post on social media platform X, Uribe said he had been called to testify about his role in the two massacres and the assassination of a human The post Colombia’s […]

The United States Embassy in Bogotá has urged American citizens to exercise caution ahead of Colombia’s presidential runoff election on Sunday, warning of possible protests, transport disruptions and isolated violence, prompting a sharp rebuke from President Gustavo Petro, who accused Washington of unnecessarily alarming foreign nationals. The security […]

Bogotá is stepping up security and emergency preparations ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff, deploying more than 12,500 police officers across the Colombian capital while easing alcohol restrictions after reaching a compromise with the city’s hospitality sector during the FIFA World Cup. Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán and Defence Minister Pedro […]

The far-right frontrunner in Colombia’s election race, Abelardo de la Espriella, told US President Donald Trump he will help “fight the radical left that seeks to destroy the values our Nations are built upon.” De la Espriella responded to Trump’s third endorsement on his Truth Social website. In the endorsement, the US president claimed that The […]