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阿瓦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉似乎已赢得关键选举，尽管左翼对手提起法律诉讼
作者：大卫·昂斯沃思，福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年6月22日晚8:42（美国东部夏令时） | 更新时间：2026年6月22日晚9:09（美国东部夏令时）
特朗普在初步计票结果出炉后，向被许多人称为“老虎”的阿瓦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉表示祝贺。尽管官方尚未正式宣布结果，但微弱领先优势预示着哥伦比亚可能出现右倾转向。（路透社）
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当地时间周一，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在白宫祝贺保守派律师、商人阿瓦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉当选哥伦比亚总统。尽管德拉埃斯普列拉优势微弱，且有望击败左翼参议员伊万·塞佩达，但当局尚未正式确认选举结果。
在99.9%的选票已清点完毕的情况下，德拉埃斯普列拉以49.7%的得票率领先，塞佩达的得票率为48.7%。被支持者称为“老虎”的德拉埃斯普列拉在该国多山的内陆地区和投票人口众多的安蒂奥基亚州占据优势，而塞佩达则在首都波哥大获胜，并在沿海地区表现出色，这与近期总统选举的趋势一致。
塞佩达以数千个投票站存在违规行为为由对选举结果提出质疑。尽管如此，推翻选举结果在哥伦比亚历史上前所未有。
如果德拉埃斯普列拉最终胜出，这将呼应近期智利、厄瓜多尔、玻利维亚和秘鲁等拉美国家选举中出现的整体右倾趋势，其中保守派候选人凯科·藤森似乎有望当选总统。
强硬反 cartel 路线效仿特朗普，意在通过关键选举结束哥伦比亚左翼时代
2026年5月14日，哥伦比亚“祖国保卫者”运动的右翼总统候选人阿瓦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉在哥伦比亚卡利附近的帕尔米拉举行的竞选集会上向支持者发表演讲。哥伦比亚总统选举将于5月31日举行。（华金·萨门托/法新社/盖蒂图片社）
特朗普周一在白宫的一项签署仪式上向德拉埃斯普列拉表示祝贺。特朗普对记者表示：“他昨晚给我打了电话，感谢我对他的支持。他赢了。他赢得了选举。”当被问及美哥关系时，特朗普断言双方关系将会“好得多。会更好。他会成为一位伟大的总统。”
本次选举的两位候选人代表了哥伦比亚政治光谱的两极。被支持者称为“老虎”的德拉埃斯普列拉得到了唐纳德·特朗普的热情支持，他承诺将恢复前总统阿尔瓦罗·乌里韦的法治政策，并承诺对游击组织和犯罪组织发动积极的军事打击；而塞佩达则誓言将继续其长期政治盟友佩特罗政府以谈判实现和平的策略。
伊万·塞佩达是哥伦比亚左翼的资深人物，曾担任12年参议员，此前还在众议院任职四年。他的父亲曼努埃尔·塞佩达是哥伦比亚共产党的杰出人物，1994年在哥伦比亚内部冲突尤为血腥的时期被暗杀。
特朗普再次强化对哥伦比亚的强硬立场，称佩特罗为“疯子”，誓言终止所有美国禁毒援助
2026年5月24日，哥伦比亚“祖国保卫者”党总统候选人阿瓦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉在麦德林举行的收官竞选集会上站在防弹玻璃后发表演讲。哥伦比亚总统选举将于5月31日举行。（海梅·萨尔达里亚/法新社/盖蒂图片社）
5月31日举行的选举首轮投票中，德拉埃斯普列拉获得43.7%的选票，塞佩达为40.9%，右翼参议员帕洛玛·巴伦西亚以6.9%的得票率位居第三。
当地时间周日晚间，美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥向德拉埃斯普列拉表示祝贺，称：“特朗普政府期待与你领导的新一届政府密切合作，推进区域安全合作，终结非法移民涌入美国的问题。”
2026年6月6日，左翼候选人伊万·塞佩达在哥伦比亚卡利举行的竞选集会上发表演讲。这位左翼候选人将在6月21日的哥伦比亚总统决选中与保守派律师阿瓦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉对决。（法新社/盖蒂图片社）
哥伦比亚总统佩特罗威胁军事回应，特朗普警告哥伦比亚或成下一个目标
尽管推动美国和哥伦比亚政治的议题存在显著差异，但德拉埃斯普列拉的激进局外人竞选在诸多方面效仿了特朗普的模式，尤其是两人在当选前均未担任过民选或任命公职，且几乎完全脱离现有政党结构成功参选。
安全问题是本次选举的决定性议题，德拉埃斯普列拉塑造了强人形象，强烈批评佩特罗政府与反对哥伦比亚政府的武装团体通过谈判实现和平的政策。
2026年6月22日，哥伦比亚总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗（左）与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普。周三，特朗普称佩特罗将“成为下一个目标”，此前美国在加勒比地区的军事打击和贩毒行动引发的紧张局势升级。（毛罗·皮门特尔/法新社/盖蒂图片社；弗朗西斯·钟/政治报/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
外界普遍认为，佩特罗以谈判为基础的政策以及对军事行动的克制，使得民族解放军（ELN）以及哥伦比亚革命武装力量（FARC）的 various 残余势力得以重整旗鼓、扩大招募，并重新夺回关键领土和贩毒路线的控制权。
德拉埃斯普列拉承诺将恢复积极的军事行动，从恐怖组织和贩毒集团手中收复领土，并承诺建造“超级监狱”，以萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克尔的政策为范本打击犯罪团伙。
德拉埃斯普列拉政府也很可能回归自由市场经济，减少政府对经济的干预，并推动新一轮减税政策。
在佩特罗政府与特朗普政府关系紧张、双方在社交媒体上展开多轮激烈交锋之后，美哥关系加强几乎已成定局。从历史上看，哥伦比亚是美国在该地区最亲密的盟友，但在佩特罗任期内，两国关系大幅弱化。
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政治分析人士也将密切关注哥伦比亚与委内瑞拉的关系动态。德拉埃斯普列拉很可能会追随特朗普政府的立场，要求委内瑞拉新政府德尔西·罗德里格斯当局设定自由公平选举的时间表，并呼吁委内瑞拉政府在边境地区大力打击长期寻求庇护、且据称与前独裁者尼古拉斯·马杜罗关系密切的ELN马克思主义游击组织。
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Trump says Colombia’s ‘El Tigre’ will be a ‘great president’ as socialist opponent launches legal challenge
2026-06-22T20:42:07-04:00 / Fox News
Abelardo de la Espriella appears to have won pivotal election despite legal challenge by leftist opponent
By David Unsworth, Fox News
Published June 22, 2026 8:42pm EDT | Updated June 22, 2026 9:09pm EDT
Trump congratulated Abelardo De La Espriella, known by many as ‘El Tigre,’ following an initial ballot count. While not officially called, the narrow lead signals a potential rightward shift for Colombia. (Reuters.)
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President Donald Trump congratulated conservative attorney and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella on becoming president of Colombia Monday at the White House. Yet while he holds a slim lead and is the favorite to win over left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda, authorities have yet to officially certify the result.
With 99.9% of votes counted, de la Espriella led with 49.7% to Cepeda’s 48.7%. De la Espriella, known to his supporters as “El Tigre,” dominated in the country’s mountainous interior and the vote-rich state of Antioquia, while Cepeda won in the capital Bogotá and performed well in coastal regions, following trends of recent presidential elections.
Cepeda has challenged the results, citing irregularities at thousands of polling stations. Nonetheless, overturning the election would be unprecedented in Colombian history.
If de la Espriella does hold out, it will mirror a continent-wide rightward shift seen in recent electoral results in Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru, where conservative Keiko Fujimori appears poised to win the presidency.
ANTI-CARTEL HARDLINER CHANNELS TRUMP IN BID TO END COLOMBIA’S LEFTIST ERA IN PIVOTAL ELECTION
Colombia’s right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, from the Defensores de la Patria movement, delivers a speech to supporters during a campaign rally in Palmira, near Cali, Colombia on May 14, 2026. Colombia will hold presidential elections on May 31.(Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images)
Donald Trump congratulated de la Espriella during a signing at the White House on Monday. Trump told reporters that, “He called me last night, and he thanked me for the endorsement. He won. He won the election.” In response to a question on relations between the U.S. and Colombia, Trump asserted that things would be “Much better. It’ll be better. He’s going to be a great president.”
The election featured two candidates representing polar opposites of the Colombian political spectrum. De la Espriella, known as ‘El Tigre’ by his supporters, has enjoyed the enthusiastic backing of Donald Trump, promised a return to the law-and-order approach of former President Alvaro Uribe, and pledged an aggressive military campaign against guerrilla groups and criminal organizations, while Cepeda vowed to continue the negotiation-based strategy of Petro, a longtime political ally.
Ivan Cepeda is a longtime figure on the Colombian left, and served as senator for 12 years, following a four-year stint in the Chamber of Representatives. His father, Manuel Cepeda, was a prominent figure in the Colombian Communist Party, and was assassinated in 1994 during a particularly bloody era in Colombia’s internal conflict.
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Colombia’s presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria party, speaks behind bulletproof glass during his closing campaign rally in Medellin, Colombia on May 24, 2026. Colombia will hold presidential elections on May 31.(Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP Via Getty Images)
The first round of the election, held on May 31, saw de la Espriella win 43.7% of the vote, to Cepeda’s 40.9%, with right-wing Senator Paloma Valencia placing a distant third, at 6.9%.
On Sunday evening, Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated de la Espriella on the result, saying, “The Trump Administration looks forward to working closely with your incoming administration to advance regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States.”
Ivan Cepeda speaks during a campaign rally in Cali, Colombia, on June 6, 2026. The leftist candidate is set to face conservative attorney Abelardo De La Espriella in Colombia’s June 21 presidential runoff election.(AFP via Getty Images)
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While the issues driving American and Colombian politics remain considerably distinct, de la Espriella’s insurgent outsider campaign emulated Trump’s in many ways, particularly in the sense that neither held elected nor appointed office prior to winning the presidency, launching successful campaigns almost entirely outside the existing party structure.
The defining safety and security issue set de la Espriella on a winning course, as he honed something of a strongman image to forcefully critique the Petro administration’s policy of peace through negotiation with armed groups in opposition to the Colombian government.
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, left, and President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, Trump said Petro will “be next” amid escalating tensions over U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and drug trafficking operations.(Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images; Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
It is widely believed that Petro’s negotiation-based approach and restraint with respect to military action has allowed such groups as the ELN (National Liberation Army), and various dissident elements of the FARC to regroup, boost recruitment and regain control of key territory and drug trafficking routes.
De la Espriella promised a return to an aggressive military campaign to reclaim territory from terrorist groups and cartels, and pledged to build “mega-prisons”, citing the policies of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele as a model for eradicating criminal groups.
A de la Espriella administration will also likely mark a return to free-market economics, decreased governmental intervention in the economy, and a renewed push to lower taxes.
A strengthened U.S.-Colombia relationship is also a certainty, following an era of considerable tensions between Petro and Trump, which led to a series of acrimonious social media exchanges. Historically, Colombia was the U.S.’ strongest ally in the region, but the relationship has weakened considerably under the tenure of Petro.
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Political analysts will also be closely watching the dynamic between Colombia and Venezuela. De la Espriella is likely to follow the Trump administration’s lead in Bogotá’s approach to the new Delcy Rodriguez administration, demanding a timeline for free and fair elections, and calling on the Venezuelan government to aggressively pursue the ELN Marxist guerrilla group in border regions where it has long sought refuge, and had an allegedly close relationship with former dictator Nicolás Maduro.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
David Unsworth reports on Latin America. You can follow David Unsworth on Twitter @LatinAmerUpdate