Colombia's left-wing candidate Cepeda concedes to De la Espriella in presidential election

Colombia's left-wing candidate Cepeda concedes to De la Espriella in presidential election Colombia's left-wing candidate Ivan Cepeda on Wednesday conceded electoral defeat to right-wing rival Abelardo de la Espriella after Sunday's second-round presidential vote. Progressive candidate Ivan Cepeda on Wednesday conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative outsider who was endorsed by US President Donald Trump. Election results showed de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer who had never run for office, defeated progressive lawmaker Iván Cepeda by 1 percentage point, or nearly 251,000 votes. Read moreWill Colombia's right-wing hardliner De la Espriella be able to govern? The result effectively was an indictment of outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s government, whose policies Cepeda had promised to continue, including a largely failed effort to establish dialogue with multiple armed groups. Electoral authorities published all but a fraction of the vote count hours after polls closed Sunday. Petro and Cepeda did not accept those results, with the latter saying he would wait for a recount to do so. (FRANCE 24 with AP)