{"id":2908,"date":"2026-06-22T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:34:18","slug":"trump-on-colombian-presidential-election-abelardo-de-la-espriella-won-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=2908","title":{"rendered":"Trump on Colombian presidential election: Abelardo De la Espriella \u2018won BIG\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MIAMI \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Abelardo De la Espriella, Colombia\u2019s new president-elect, during a phone call on Sunday, according to De La Espriella\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

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De la Espriella, a defense attorney who campaigned as the law-and-order candidate \u201cEl Tigre,\u201d or \u201cThe Tiger,\u201d and Jos\u00e9 Manuel Restrepo, a former finance minister and the vice president-elect, celebrated in Barranquilla.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe Won, BIG,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social about De la Espriella on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

About 41 million Colombians were eligible to vote, 26.3 million cast their ballots in the runoff election, including 12.9 million who voted for De la Espriella, according to Colombia\u2019s National Registry.<\/p>\n

With 99.99% of the polling stations\u2019 ballots tallied, 49.66% voted for De La Espriella, 47, and 48.7% for Cepeda, 63, according to the runoff election\u2019s results released by Colombia\u2019s National Registry on Sunday.<\/p>\n

As Colombian judges scrutinized the preliminary results of the runoff presidential election, Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Iv\u00e1n Cepeda, the left-wing presidential candidate, did not recognize the results.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs of today, there is no elected president until the electoral commissions deliver their results,\u201d Petro wrote in a statement released on X on Sunday night. \u201cAs I said this morning, I will accept the result that the judges declare because that is what the law orders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once Colombia\u2019s independent electoral authorities review and announce the legally binding result, De La Espriella plans to be sworn into office for his four-year term as the country\u2019s 48th president on Aug. 7. <\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a statement saying he had also congratulated De la Espriella during a conversation over the phone. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration looks forward to working closely with your incoming administration to advance regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States, and strengthen our economic ties,\u201d Rubio wrote to De La Espriella on X. \u201cColombia\u2019s best days are ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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