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Colombia Heads To Runoff
Right-wing Abelardo de la Espriella led with 43.7%; left-wing senator Ivan Cepeda followed at 41%
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Three things to know
- What happened
- Colombia's presidential election moves to a June 21 runoff after no candidate cleared 50%, putting voters under pressure.
- Why it matters
- Conservative Paloma Valencia endorsed De la Espriella after finishing third, tightening the anti-Petro lane.
- What to watch
- President Gustavo Petro challenged preliminary results without evidence; judges' verification now shadows the June 21 vote.
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Colombia's presidential election will go to a June 21 runoff between right-wing Abelardo de la Espriella and leftist senator Ivan Cepeda after neither cleared 50% in Sunday's vote.
- Frame 1Colombia's presidential election moves to a June 21 runoff after no candidate cleared 50%, putting voters under pressure.
- Frame 2Right-wing Abelardo de la Espriella led with 43.7%; left-wing senator Ivan Cepeda followed at 41%.
- Frame 3The campaign has run through violence, including drone attacks, kidnappings, homicides and a candidate's assassination last year.
- Frame 4Both finalists offer sharply different answers to Colombia's long armed conflict, now resurging in several regions.
- Frame 5Conservative Paloma Valencia endorsed De la Espriella after finishing third, tightening the anti-Petro lane.
- Frame 6President Gustavo Petro challenged preliminary results without evidence; judges' verification now shadows the June 21 vote.
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- Jun 1, 1:14 PM EDT
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