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Colombians in South Florida can vote this week to elect the next president of Colombia, who will take office on Aug. 7.
Colombians in their country will go to the polls on Sunday.
The Colombian consulate in Miami has set up 12 voting tables from Monday to Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 148 tables on Sunday in 7 voting locations in Florida.
Voting station | Location |
Colombian Consulate in Miami | 280 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL 33134 |
Hialeah | Ana G. Mendez University 15201 NW 79th Ct., Miami Lakes, FL 33016 |
Kendall | Miami Dade College Kendall Campus – Building R 11011 SW 104th St., Miami, FL 33176 |
Coral Springs | Hotel Marriott Coral Springs 11775 Heron Bay Blvd., Coral Springs, FL 33076 |
Weston | Cypress Bay High School 18600 Vista Park Blvd., Weston, FL 33332 |
West Palm Beach | Supermercado El Bodegón #4 4481 Lake Worth Rd., Lake Worth, FL 33461 |
Sarasota | Ramada by Wyndham Sarasota 7150 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243 |
There are 100,396 eligible voters in the consulate’s Miami region, which includes Manatee, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Sarasota, DeSoto, Glades, Martin, Charlotte, Lee, Hendry, Palm Beach, Collier, Broward, Monroe and Miami-Dade counties.
Florida has the largest population of Colombians in the United States, with more than 96,000 in Miami-Dade, representing 13% of the entire Colombian population in the country.
The two leading candidates in the polls are Gustavo Petro, of the leftist political party Pacto Histórico, and Federico “Fico” Gutierrez, of the coalition Equipo por Colombia.
According to the latest poll, 40% of those surveyed said they would vote for Petro, still short of the 50% plus-one he would need to avoid a second round on June 19 between the top two vote-getters, while 27% said they would vote for Gutierrez. In third place in the poll is former Bucaramanga Mayor Rodolfo Hernandez, at 21%.
