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Paloma Valencia Surge Reshapes Colombia Race as Election Season Begins
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Paloma Valencia surge reshapes Colombia race as election season begins
Colombia’s presidential race entered a decisive new phase this week after Sunday’s inter-party primaries propelled conservative senator Paloma Valencia into the national spotlight and triggered a scramble among political factions to forge alliances ahead of the May 31 election. Valencia’s commanding performance in the right-wing “La Gran Consulta” primary – where she secured roughly six million votes – has reshaped the political landscape, openi…
The more than three million 200,000 votes received by the former senator of the opposition Democratic Center, Paloma Valencia, this Sunday March 8 change the presidential party in Colombia and put the alliances that are made, from now and until the first round, in the center of attention and debate. “The presidential campaign started in firm this Sunday and it is there, in the alliances that can scratch, that different candidates can gather in t…
Abelardo de la Espriella announces the beginning of the presidential campaign and supports possible alliance with Paloma Valencia Agencia Period... Lun, 09/03/2026 - 10:07 Thursday will announce his vice presidential formula in event in Cali. Tags Elections 2026
Image: Abelardo de la Espriella Abelardo de la Espriella Press, who appears as one of the favourites in the race for the presidency of Colombia, made clear what his position is for what can happen with a possible second round. The candidate of the extreme right, who has mentioned being completely against the government Petro and his possible successor, Iván Cepeda, assured that the possibilities are shuffled, but the number one objective is to g…
Abelardo de la Espriella did not lose time. As soon as the results of the legislative elections were known, the presidential candidate of the Defensores de la Patria movement announced in an interview with La FM that his presidential campaign “starts today.” He took advantage to launch a message that marked the political conversation of the night: if Paloma Valencia advances to the second round, he will support it. The statement opens the possib…
During the conversation he said that between him and Paloma Valencia there are enough votes to face Cepeda in a possible second round.
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