Left-wing candidate concedes Colombian presidential election after narrow defeat
7, asked Cepeda and Petro to accept the results shortly after Sunday’s election. Cepeda did not initially accept the results, deciding to wait for a recount before he conceded. Under Petro’s leadership, Colombia was not one of the initial 13 member nations to join the counter-cartel coalition earlier this year.Secretary of State Marco Rubio was among many world leaders who recognized de la Espriella’s electoral victory.
- ▪7, asked Cepeda and Petro to accept the results shortly after Sunday’s election.
- ▪Cepeda did not initially accept the results, deciding to wait for a recount before he conceded.
- ▪Under Petro’s leadership, Colombia was not one of the initial 13 member nations to join the counter-cartel coalition earlier this year.Secretary of State Marco Rubio was among many world leaders who recognized de la Espriella’s electoral vi
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Left-wing candidate Ivan Cepeda conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Trump-backed contender Abelardo de la Espriella on Wednesday, three days after the polling locations closed.De la Espriella won by 1% of the vote, which his opponent called an “extraordinarily narrow difference” in his concession speech to the South American nation. Recommended Stories Israeli defense minister says IDF won’t withdraw from southern Lebanon, even if US demands it Ultra-Orthodox Jews become political football for Netanyahu Rubio sanctions Cuban entities despite country’s attempt to liberalize Though he accepted the election results, Cepeda suggested he would defy the conservative government that the Trump ally would bring.Advertisement “Accepting this result does not mean renouncing the truth or…
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