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๐จ๐ด โ Colombia's presidential election results have resulted in a runoff, with two candidates advancing:
โก๏ธ Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella with 43.73% of the vote, a political outsider running as a hardliner against Colombia's drug cartels and guerrilla organizations, favoring confrontation, constructing megaprisons, and conducting airstrikes against drug infrastructure and poisoning coca crops used to make cocaine, with the support of the United States.
โก๏ธ Left-wing candidate Ivรกn Cepeda with 40.91% of the vote, a Senator running to continue Colombia's "Total Peace" policy with Colombia's drug cartels and guerrilla organizations, favoring negotiations and non-military settlements with the armed groups.
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