Iván Cepeda concedes Colombian presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella
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Iván Cepeda, candidate of Colombia's left-wing Pacto Histórico coalition, has conceded defeat in the presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella, who won with 49.78% of the vote (12.9 million votes) — a margin of less than one percentage point. Cepeda accepted the result in a statement on social media, citing his deep belief in democracy, while also denouncing what he called 'open and undue foreign interference' in the elections by Donald Trump.
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Lo hago porque creemos profundamente en la democracia
la abierta e indebida injerencia extranjera
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