According to France 24, Colombia held its presidential runoff yesterday between Abelardo de la Espriella, a hard-line right-wing candidate, and Ivan Cepeda, an ally of the country's first left-wing government. The election will determine whether Colombia swings sharply to the right or maintains its current course amid ongoing violence between armed groups. Cepeda has acknowledged preliminary results but plans to challenge votes at over thirty-three thousand polling stations.

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