Bogota, June 22 (IANS) Preliminary results showed Colombia’s independent candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the far-right Defenders of the Homeland movement leading the country’s presidential runoff, though the early vote count was immediately questioned by President Gustavo Petro and the governing coalition’s candidate.With 99.97 per cent of votes counted, De la Espriella had 49.66 per cent of the vote, compared with 48.70 per cent for Ivan Cepeda of the left-wing governing Historic Pact coa…
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Quito, June 1 (IANS) Ecuador’s customs authority has issued a resolution to abolish a 100 per cent tariff on Colombian goods starting June 1 (Monday), ending a trade dispute that had strained relations between the two countries in recent months. The security surcharge on imports originating in or coming from Colombia will be reduced to zero per cent, Sandro Castillo, director general of Ecuador’s National Customs Service, wrote on X on Sunday (local time), saying the measure opens a new stage of…