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Urgent: De la Espriella, Cepeda advance to runoff in Colombia's presidential election

Xinhua
| June 1, 2026
2026-06-01

BOGOTA, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's Abelardo de la Espriella, an independent candidate associated with the far-right Defenders of the Homeland movement, and Ivan Cepeda of the ruling left-wing Historic Pact coalition, advanced to the presidential runoff after emerging as the top two candidates in Sunday's first-round vote, according to preliminary results released by the National Civil Registry. Enditem

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