Colombian voters cast ballots for their next president in Coral Gables

Thousands of Colombians in South Florida made their way to the polls to choose their next president.

Many were lining up on Sunday morning at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables to vote in the runoff elections.

Voters chose between right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and far-left lawmaker Ivan Cepeda.

According to several Colombian outlets, de la Espriella is now projected to become the country’s next president.

Both candidates strongly differ on how to deal with the country’s decades-long armed conflict, with de la Espriella vowing to abandon President Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace Plan of negotiating the disarmament of all criminal organisations and instead return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups.

De la Espriella is expected to be sworn into office on August 7.