The Colombia simply took a really proper flip. The anti-system lawyer supported by the UNITED STATESAbelardo de la Espriella, received the second spherical of the presidential election on Sunday.
The businessman, a novice in politics, narrowly beat left-wing senator Ivan Cepeda, an ally of outgoing President Gustavo Petro. The official preliminary outcomes present him because the winner with 49.7% of the votes, forward of Ivan Cepeda (48.7%). The president-elect will take workplace on August 7, for a four-year time period.
A rustic within the grip of inside armed battle
Some 41 million voters had been known as to go to the polls for this decisive vote within the face of the resurgence of violence in a rustic plunged into inside armed battle for greater than six a long time.
On X, Abelardo de la Espriella, 47, celebrated a victory that “fills us with gratitude, but in addition with an immense sense of duty.” “In the present day begins a brand new stage for our nation,” he mentioned. The one who guarantees to strengthen ties between Bogota and Washington assured that American President Donald Trump had renewed his “help”. Colombia turns into the newest Latin American nation to maneuver to the best afterArgentineChile or Ecuador.
In entrance of his supporters gathered in Bogota, Ivan Cepeda assured alternatively that he wouldn’t settle for defeat earlier than the ultimate depend, which ought to take a number of days, and that he would contest the outcomes of 33,000 polling stations. “As soon as (…) the corresponding checks have been carried out, we are going to acknowledge the official consequence,” assured the 63-year-old thinker and human rights defender.
A “Tiger” admirer of Bukele
Abelardo de la Espriella, nicknamed “the Tiger” by his supporters, skilled a meteoric rise with a virulent speech towards the guerrillas and the left, in energy for the primary time within the historical past of Colombia with President Petro. The millionaire lawyer embodies the rejection of the determine of Gustavo Petro, whom the Structure prevents from operating for a second time period, and a tough line towards organized crime in a rustic which is the main producer of cocaine on this planet.
An admirer of Salvadoran presidents Nayib Bukele, Argentinean Javier Milei and American Donald Trump, the businessman promised to construct mega prisons the place inmates can be fed “bread and water”, to bomb drug trafficking camps with the help of the US and Israel and to cut back the state equipment by 40%. Nevertheless, he is not going to have fully free palms to manipulate, on account of lack of a majority in Parliament.
