Colombian presidential runoff pits de la Espriella against Cepeda (opens in new tab)

Colombia’s presidential election will go to a June 21 runoff between right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and left-wing Senator Iván Cepeda after neither candidate won the required majority in Sunday’s first round. Preliminary results put de la Espriella first with about 43.7% to 43.74% of the vote and Cepeda second with about 40.9% to 40.90%, while conservative Senator Paloma Valencia finished third with about 6.9% to 6.92%. De la Espriella, a 47-year-old political newcomer known as “E...