About this episode

Richard McColl and Adriaan Alsema analyze the results of Colombia's first round of presidential elections, focusing on the far-right candidate Aberlardo de la Espriella and polling inaccuracies.

On this week's episode, Richard McColl of Colombia Calling and Adriaan Alsema of Colombia Reports dissect the results of Colombia's first round of presidential elections, so you don't have to! How and why did the far-right "outsider" Aberlardo de la Espriella win? Why were the polls wrong about Ivan Cepeda on the left and what happened to Paloma Valencia? Tune in to this and the Colombia Briefing with Emily Hart.

People in this episode

Host: Richard McColl

Guest: Adriaan Alsema

Topics covered

• Colombia elections
• far-right politics
• presidential candidates
• polling analysis
• political commentary

Keywords

• Colombia elections
• far-right
• Aberlardo de la Espriella
• Ivan Cepeda
• Paloma Valencia
• politics
• polls

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Organizations: Colombia Reports

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