Abelardo De La Espriella Narrowly Wins Colombia Presidency Amid Challenges From Opponent Cepeda

Abelardo de la Espriella has won the Colombian presidential runoff election with 49.65 percent of the vote, narrowly defeating leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda.The president-elect campaigned on a hardline platform of aggressive anti-guerrilla operations, economic dollarization, and a major reduction in state size.Ivan Cepeda has contested these preliminary results, announcing plans to challenge the vote counts at 33,000 polling stations as political tensions rise.
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