2026年6月22日 / 美国东部时间凌晨3:08 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
哥伦比亚巴兰基亚——一名从未担任过公职、作风张扬且获得美国支持的律师在周日举行的哥伦比亚极具分歧的总统决选中以微弱优势获胜，这一结果将该国政治版图大幅推向右翼，并引发暴力抗议。
在几乎所有选票都已清点完毕的情况下，阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉获得了49.66%的选票，左翼参议员伊万·塞佩达的得票率为48.70%。
这位47岁候选人以微弱优势获胜引发了示威活动，但这将缓和哥伦比亚与美国的关系，并延续以“铁拳”安全政策为核心的右翼浪潮在拉美地区的蔓延。
“我们正开启一个新时代！”他在加勒比城市巴兰基亚的密集防弹玻璃后向支持者发表讲话。
“对于那些多年来制造暴力、恐怖、贩毒和腐败的人来说，他们的时代结束了！”他说道，呼应了自己打击贩毒游击组织的誓言。
特朗普总统对这一结果表示祝贺，惊呼“他赢了，大胜！”，美洲各地一众右翼领导人纷纷发来祝贺与支持。
但此前竞选活动充斥着游击炸弹袭击和一名保守派总统候选人遭谋杀的事件，如今已有迹象表明，德拉埃斯普列拉要团结这个严重分裂的国家将面临重重困难。
夜幕降临后，数千名抗议者聚集在哥伦比亚各大城市。
在卡利，部分抗议者焚烧美国国旗，其他人挥舞铁棒，与防暴警察发生冲突，警方试图用催泪瓦斯驱散人群。
首都波哥大也出现动荡，示威者焚烧轮胎并向警察投掷砖块。
“我们已经经历了多年只关心让富人更富有的右翼政府，”26岁的学生纳塔利娅告诉法新社。
但在其他地方，人们则欢欣鼓舞。
德拉埃斯普列拉的支持者身着他在竞选活动中使用的标志性亮黄色国家队球衣涌上多个城市的街头。
他们挥舞国旗、吹响号角，期盼这位被称为“老虎”的候选人能带来安全。
“我非常开心，”30岁的支持者丹妮拉·奥利韦罗斯在巴兰基亚说道。“我对这个国家充满信心，我坚信自由。”
“阿韦拉多此刻首先带给我们的是安全感、就业机会和尊严，”她说道。
德拉埃斯普列拉展现安抚姿态
两位候选人的票数差距仅约数十万张——德拉埃斯普列拉在胜选演讲中试图安抚批评者。
“我的政府将是一个绝对民主的政府，是自由和制度秩序的保障者，”他承诺将尊重所有种族、宗教和政治派别。
“我将为所有哥伦比亚人执政，包括那些投给我的人和选择其他候选人的人，”他补充道。
他的胜利标志着哥伦比亚右翼重新掌权，该国过去200年里除了四年外均由右翼执政。
这一结果很可能会考验哥伦比亚脆弱的十年和平进程。
在竞选期间，这位拥有美国和哥伦比亚双重国籍的候选人告诉法新社，他将废除与持不同政见团体的和谈，并发起一项由美国支持的90天空袭行动打击这些组织。
自与哥伦比亚革命武装力量（FARC）签署具有里程碑意义的和平协议以来的10年里，哥伦比亚大部分地区实现了繁荣发展。
但贩毒集团和持不同政见组织仍控制着该国部分地区，可卡因出口达到历史新高，哥伦比亚仍是世界上经济最不平等的国家之一。
“哥伦比亚最美好的日子就在前方，”美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥说道，并补充说华盛顿“期待与你们即将上任的政府密切合作”。
塞佩达尚未承认败选
他的对手、63岁的左翼参议员塞佩达并未承认失败。
“一旦清点完成并公布最终结果，且完成相应核查后，我们将承认官方计票结果，”他告诉支持者。
要让塞佩达反败为胜，需要在最终计票中推翻数十万张选票。而首轮计票的误差范围通常仅为数千张左右。
哥伦比亚广播公司指出，哥伦比亚历史上从未有过重新计票推翻总统选举结果的先例。
德拉埃斯普列拉警告塞佩达要尊重投票结果，组建反对党，不要“甚至想着煽动暴力”。
“老虎咬你的力道，会比你在投票箱前感受到的更重，”他警告道。
Trump-backed populist barely wins Colombia presidential vote, sparking protests
June 22, 2026 / 3:08 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
Barranquilla, Colombia— A flamboyant U.S.-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s polarizing presidential runoff Sunday, swinging the country hard right and sparking violent protests.
With almost all the ballots counted, Abelardo de la Espriella held 49.66 percent of the vote versus left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda’s 48.70 percent.
The 47-year-old’s slender win triggered demonstrations, but will ease ties with Washington and extend a regional right-wing wave centered on “iron fist” security policies.
“We are beginning a new era!” he told supporters in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla from behind thick bulletproof glass.
Abelardo de la Espriella, candidate of the National Salvation Movement, celebrates in Barranquilla, Colombia, after narrowly winning Colombia’s 2026 presidential runoff election on June 21, 2026. Cristian Acosta / Anadolu via Getty Images
“For those who have sown violence, terror, drug trafficking, and corruption all these years, their time is up!” he said, echoing his vow to wage war against drug-running guerrilla groups.
President Trump cheered the result, exclaiming “He Won, BIG!” as a host of right-wing leaders from across the Americas clamored to offer congratulations and support.
But after a campaign marred by guerrilla bomb attacks and the murder of a leading conservative presidential candidate, there was a quick sign of how tough it will be for De la Espriella to unite this deeply divided nation.
As night fell, thousands of protestors gathered in Colombia’s largest cities.
In Cali, some burned American flags as others wielded steel bars and clashed with riot police, who tried to disperse the crowd with teargas.
There was also unrest in the capital Bogota, where demonstrators burned tires and hurled bricks at police.
A man walks his bike as demonstrators stand in front of burning barricades during clashes over the preliminary results of the presidential runoff election in Bogota, Colombia, on June 21, 2026. Diego Cuevas / AFP via Getty Images
“We’ve already had many years of right-wing governments that care only about making the rich richer,” 26-year-old student Natalia told AFP.
But elsewhere, there was elation.
De la Espriella supporters poured onto the streets of several cities wearing the canary-yellow national football jersey he’d adopted as a campaign uniform.
They waved flags, blew horns and expressed hope that “The Tiger,” as they call him, would bring security.
“I’m very happy,” said 30-year-old supporter Daniela Oliveros in Barranquilla. “I believe a lot in the country, I believe a lot in freedom.”
“Abelardo, at this moment, is giving us above all a sense of security, employment, and dignity,” she said.
De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone
With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates — De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
“Mine will be an absolutely democratic government and a guarantor of freedom and institutional order,” he said, vowing to respect all races, religions and political stripes.
“I will govern for all Colombians, for those who voted for me and for those who choose another candidate,” he added.
His win marks a return to power for Colombia’s right wing, which has ruled for all but four of the last 200 years.
It is likely to test Colombia’s fragile decade-old peace process.
During the campaign, the dual U.S.-Colombian national told AFP he would scrap peace talks with dissident groups and launch a 90-day campaign of U.S.-backed airstrikes against them.
In the 10 years since a landmark peace accord was signed with FARC guerrillas, much of Colombia has prospered.
But cartels and dissident groups still control pockets of the country, cocaine exports are at an all-time high and Colombia remains one of the world’s most economically unequal countries.
“Colombia’s best days are ahead,” said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adding that Washington “looks forward to working closely with your incoming administration.”
Cepeda holding back on concession
His opponent, Cepeda, a 63-year-old leftist senator, stopped short of conceding defeat.
“Once the count has been completed and its final result is known, and the corresponding checks have been carried out, we will acknowledge the official result,” he told supporters.
For Cepeda to win, hundreds of thousands of votes would need to be overturned in a final count. The margin of error for the first count is usually in the low thousands.
No recount has ever overturned the results of any presidential election in Colombia, The Associated Press points out.
De la Espriella warned Cepeda to respect the vote, form the opposition and not to “even think about stoking violence.”
“The Tiger can still bite you harder than he has bitten you at the ballot box,” he warned.