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Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right figure, addresses his supporters after the announcement of the results of the first round of the presidential elections in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 31, 2026.
Leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro has refused to accept the preliminary results, claiming there were 800,000 or more additional voter IDs in the nation's election system than in the electoral census.
Abelardo de la Espriella—a far-right political upstart who promises to wield an "iron fist" against criminals and who emulates right-wing presidents, including Donald Trump in the United States—secured the most votes in the first round of Colombia's presidential election and will advance to a second-round runoff, the country's electoral authorities announced over the weekend.
