Colombia’s Trump-Endorsed President-Elect Was Once Investigated by U.S. Authorities
While living in Miami, Colombia’s president-elect represented accused drug traffickers and money launderers. He himself was investigated by U.S. autho...
Colombia’s leftwing candidate concedes election to Trump-endorsed millionaire
Leftist Iván Cepeda conceded to far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella who won by razor-thin marginThe defeated leftwing candidate in Colombia’s pr...
Colombia’s High-Stakes Election: What to Know About the Candidates, Issues and Expected Results
Colombia’s election on Sunday pits a right-wing candidate endorsed by President Trump against a candidate promising continuity with the country’s depa...
Colombia’s runoff election expected to trigger shift in decades-long armed conflict
Frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups Colombians go to the polls on Sunday i...
Ghost of far-right paramilitaries hovers over Colombia’s presidential runoff vote
Colombians will choose on Sunday between two men whose lives have been very differently shaped by the militias, and whose visions for the country are ...
Can Abelardo De La Espriella, a U.S. Citizen, Become Colombia’s President?
President Trump this week endorsed the right-wing candidate, Abelardo De La Espriella, a dual citizen of Colombia and the United States, in Colombia’s...
Colombia’s Yellow World Cup Jersey, Once a Symbol of Unity, Becomes a Political Statement
A presidential candidate endorsed by President Trump has been accused by some Colombians of co-opting their beloved national team’s yellow soccer jers...
Trump admirer’s surprise first-round win is a blow to Colombia’s traditional conservatives
Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’The far-right lawyer Abelardo de...
