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Colombia: A country the size of Spain + France voted for president in the first round on 31 May.
The messages? Voters want an end to violence, establishment politics has faded, and financial markets applaud.
Official results: https://lnkd.in/eiezZKCV
• De la Espriella pulled far more votes from Valencia and the undecided bloc than opinion polls predicted.
• De la Espriella (43.7%) and Cepeda (40.9%) advance to the 21 June second round.
• At almost 58%, voter turnout was 3 percentage points higher than in the first round of 2022.
• More than 24 million of 41 million eligible voters participated.
• Colombia is divided by three mountain ranges that rise to over 5,400m.
• It is the only South American country with both Atlantic and Pacific coastlines.
• Its coat of arms still includes the Isthmus of Panama.
• Colombia's democratic traditions trace back to the 19th century.
