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Colombia's Petro repeats vote fraud claims

Aug 05, 2026

Bogota [Colombia], August 5: Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has repeated allegations that June's presidential election was rigged, rejecting the legitimacy of his right-wing successor, Abelardo de la Espriella.
Speaking before journalists in Bogota on Monday, the left-wing Petro claimed that programmers had altered thousands of tally sheets after counts were transmitted to the national election agency.
He alleged that the election was "obscure" and had been manipulated by foreign powers, and that metadata associated with vote tallies was not made available for review. Colombia's electoral authorities and international observers have rejected the fraud claims.
Source: Qatar Tribune

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