🇨🇴 POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN COLOMBIA’S HIGH-STAKES ELECTION, PITTING IVÁN CEPEDA, THE STANDARD BEARER FOR OUTGOING PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO’S HISTORIC PACT COALITION, AGAINST TWO RIGHT-WING RIVALS, PALOMA

🇨🇴 POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN COLOMBIA’S HIGH-STAKES ELECTION, PITTING IVÁN CEPEDA, THE STANDARD BEARER FOR OUTGOING PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO’S HISTORIC PACT COALITION, AGAINST TWO RIGHT-WING RIVALS, PALOMA VALENCIA AND ABELARDO DE LA ESPRIELLA. FOR THE FIRST TIME, 88 U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DELEGATES ARE ON THE GROUND OBSERVING THE VOTE, INCLUDING REPUBLICAN SENATOR BERNIE MORENO, WHOSE ROLE HAS DRAWN CRITICISM FROM THE @PROGINTL OBSERVATORY, WHICH HAS ACCUSED HIM OF INTERFERING IN THE RACE. 🎥 OUR REP

High-stakes Colombia election with Petro ally vs right-wing rivals triggers geopolitical monitoring.