BOGOTÁ, Colombia (CN) — Colombia, a country that elected its first leftist president in history four years ago, is likely to turn rightward again Sunday, when voters head to the polls for a critical presidential runoff. But this time, the candidate is far from the traditional conservative former presidents the country has grown accustomed to.
Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right criminal lawyer who calls himself “El Tigre” and has run most of his campaign through strident TikTok videos, is leading the polls against Iván Cepeda, a leftist senator and often silent and discreet man. Although the runoff is expected to be tight, with de la Espriella having defeated Cepeda in the May 31 general election by less than a 3% margin, polls are placing the political outsider ahead of the seasoned politician.
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