00:01Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, narrowly won Colombia's presidential
00:09election.
00:10De la Espriella, a lawyer and business owner, had never run for office before. He won from progressive lawmaker Ivan
00:17Cepeda.
00:19The win is expected to usher in policies that will reverse the agenda of outgoing president Gustavo Petro, plans Cepeda
00:26had pledged to push forward if he won.
00:29Esta es la noche que marca el inicio de una nueva historia para la nación.
00:37La noche en la que empieza una nueva era, un cambio de orden, ¡la patria milagro!
00:47Acaba de ganar la democracia, acaba de ganar Abelardo de la Espriella, una fórmula absolutamente democrática
00:55que tiene todo por sacar adelante a nuestro país después de cuatro años, muy complejos, muy difíciles.
01:05However, many Colombians vowed resistance to the right-wing rule, with thousands of leftist demonstrators coming to the streets of
01:12Cali and Bogota on Sunday.
01:13Que elijan la guerra, la destrucción de nuestro país y no muchas oportunidades como el continuismo con Cepeda.
01:27In Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, clashes broke out between police and protesters.
01:33Demonstrators burned U.S. flags while police used tear gas to break up crowds.
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