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Trump-backed de la Espriella or leftist Cepeda? Colombians elect a new president
Colombians are voting to elect a new president, with Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump-backed candidate advocating for military confrontation with armed groups, and leftwing senator Iván Cepeda, who supports modifying the current peace plan. The election follows six decades of conflict that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, with each candidate proposing divergent strategies for ending the violence.
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