Abelardo de la Espriella, a rightwing Trump-loving populist who calls himself “The Tiger”, appears to have won the second round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, halting the South American nation’s foray into leftist politics.
De la Espriella, a fiery former criminal defence lawyer who has pledged to build mega-prisons in the rainforest to combat rising crime rates, won 49.65 per cent of the vote with 99.70 per cent of ballots tallied in an initial count on Sunday evening.
De la Espriella defeated Iván Cepeda, the continuity candidate of Colombia’s outgoing leftist president Gustavo Petro, who received 48.71 per cent. The balance were blank votes.
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