Abelardo de la Espriella leads Colombia first round

Lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and peace-builder Iván Cepeda were leading the vote counts in the first round of Colombia’s presidential elections on Sunday, and are to face off in a presidential runoff in the South American nation later in June. https://to.pbs.org/4dSsTZV

1/ Colombia voted today. Runoff ahead later this month: outsider hard-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella vs left senator Iván Cepeda. De la Espriella is running a Trump-world style playbook, alleged corruption & all. Here is how it works, step by step. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Pro-Trump candidate Abelardo de la Espriella will face leftist Petro ally Iván Cepeda in a June presidential runoff election that could redefine Colombia's relations with the US. https://cnn.it/4u2ecJP

Results are in: Cepeda will go to the second round (and looks set to lose) against Abelardo de la Espriella, a fascist. Devastating

"Colombian media projects right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and left-wing Senator Iván Cepeda advance to presidential election runoff on June 21". - factal

Abelardo has a razor-thin lead in the first round of Colombia elections with 60% of the vote counted 2nd round almost certain to be a run-off between Cepeda and de la Espriella.

🇨🇴 One candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, a bombastic lawyer nicknamed “The Tiger” who is running as an independent. He claims he is running for the presidency without the support of any of the nation’s main political parties. ⚠️ Will Colombia soon have their own Trump?

One-third of the way into Colombia's first-round vote count, the two rightmost candidates (De la Espriella and the surprisingly poor-showing Paloma Valencia) combine for just over 50%…

Présidentielle en Colombie : Abelardo de la Espriella, un millionnaire admirateur de Donald Trump, et Ivan Cepeda, le candidat de la gauche, s’affronteront au second tour

🇨🇴🇮🇱 Flags seen at rally for Abelardo de la Espriella, Colombia e For daily global news videos, please visit Ranked.News/videos

Far-right, pro-U.S. candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election with 43.7% of the vote. He will face left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda, who is backed by incumbent President Gustavo Petro.

Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda will face Trump admirer Abelardo de la Espriella at the final ballot on 21 June.

Colombia's presidential election will proceed to a second round between Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda. Fuente: El Diario 🔗 https://eldiario.com/2026/05/31/segunda-vuelta-elecciones-presidenciales-colombia/

“The two main challengers, the far-right lawyer and “outsider” Abelardo de la Espriella, 47, and the rightwing senator Paloma Valencia, 48, promise a return to all-out war with Chile’s criminal groups as soon as they take office.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Rechtsaußen Abelardo De La Espriella verspricht Steuersenkungen, Rohstoff-Boom und militärische Härte gegen Guerilla und Drogenkartelle. Paloma Valencia, unterstützt von Uribe, fordert mehr Armee und weniger Staat. Sicherheit ist zum alles dominierenden Thema geworden. 3/