COLOMBIA PRESIDENTIAL VOTE: PRO-TRUMP FAR-RIGHT DE LA ESPRIELLA WINS SHOCK FIRST ROUND AS PETRO REFUSES THE COUNTBLIND SPOTS

Cepeda backtracks in 24 hours: Sunday he speaks of 10 million miscounted votes, Monday he acknowledges "no evidence of irregularities"

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The NYT titles "Trump Stands to Gain a Key Ally" — the Colombian victory is read as a US diplomatic victory above all

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Le Monde and RFI frame the event by the formula "Trump admirer" versus "human rights defender"

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The BBC methodically documents De la Espriella's professional past (Saab, Murcia Guzmán) without pathos but with rigor

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Folha titles as early as Saturday that the right would eliminate "one of Brazil's last allies in South America" — after Paz in Bolivia and Kast in Chile

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