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Colombia’s Power Struggle at Handover | US News
Colombia’s president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has stunned the nation by halting the power transition, accusing current President Gustavo Petro of orchestrating a coup just one month before the handover. In a fiery video, de la Espriella demands the military ignore Petro’s orders and calls for international observers to intervene, while Petro refuses to accept the June 21 election results—despite certification by electoral authorities and validation by global observers like the Carter Center and EU. The razor-thin victory—just over one percentage point—was conceded by defeated…
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