CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Registered voters in Colombia and around the world will soon select one of two candidates with opposing political ideologies to be their next president.
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Newcomer Abelardo de la Espriella, a right-wing supporter of Donald Trump, and Iván Cepeda, a leftist and ally of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, moved forward after a tense election on May 31.
In Coral Gables, early voting will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June 15-20 at the University of Miami’s Watsco Center, at 1245 Dauer Drive — and not at the consulate at 280 Aragon Ave.
Coral Gables Police Chief Edward James Hudak, Jr., said on Thursday that the decision to avoid the consulate prioritized security, while the city was already dealing with high traffic during the FIFA World Cup.
Election Day is on June 21, and officials expect a high turnout. Voters will have assigned precincts available in a searchable database that requires the number of the Colombian identification, or “cedula.”
In South Florida, there will be six precincts. Three will be in Miami-Dade County and three in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
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Aside from the new one in Coral Gables, there will be one at the main gymnasium of the Miami Dade College campus, at 11011 SW 104 St., in Kendall, and one at the Milander Center, at 4800 Palm Ave., in Hialeah.
The voting precincts in Broward will be at Coral Springs High School, 7201 West Sample Road, and in the gymnasium of Cypress Bay High School, at 18600 Vista Park Boulevard, in Weston.
The precinct in Palm Beach will be at the Public Safety Conference Center at the Palm Beach State College at 4200 South Congress Ave.
In Florida, the consulate also reported that there will be a new precinct at the Strobes Event Center, at 3251 17 St., in Sarasota.
For more information from the Colombian consulate of Miami, visit this page. For more information from the Embassy of Colombia in the U.S., visit this page.
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