National Electoral Council (CNE)

Rule Changes

Facing criticism over impartiality after controversial rulings

Colombia's 10-month election cycle ended June 21 when conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella defeated leftist senator Iván Cepeda in the presidential runoff, 49.65% to 48.70% — a margin of fewer than 250,000 votes. His 12.9 million votes set a record for any Colombian presidential candidate. He takes office August 7.

Updated Jun 22

Force in Play

Certified Asfura's victory after 24-day count

Two days before Honduras voted, Trump pardoned the country's former president from a 45-year drug trafficking sentence, endorsed his party's candidate, and threatened to cut all U.S. aid if the opposition won. The candidate Trump backed won by 0.74 percent—after a three-week count marred by system crashes, midnight data flips, and fraud allegations. Honduras pivots back toward Washington after two years courting Beijing, but the Congress president is refusing to validate the results, calling them an "electoral coup."

Updated May 16