Latin America Ex-guerrilla takes on maverick in race to be Colombia's president 18-06-2022 01:20 A former leftist guerrilla and a millionaire businessman will go head-to-head on Sunday hoping to become the new president of Colombia.
Colombia Election 2022 Colombians set to vote in high stakes presidential run-off 17-06-2022 18:22 Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential run-off. Opinion polls have leftist Gustavo Petro and businessman Rodolfo Hernández neck-and-neck.
AND THAT REMINDS ME… Could Bogotá become Petrograd? 03-06-2022 11:01 Argentina’s past might herald Colombia’s present, which might in turn offer clues for our future. by Michael Soltys
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombian outsider makes run-off with real shot at presidency 31-05-2022 11:18 Rodolfo Hernández, who was little known at the start of the year, surged into Colombia’s presidential run-off – and he now has a real chance at winning against leftist rival Gustavo Petro.
Colombia Elections 2022 Ex-mayors vie to become Colombia's next president 27-05-2022 11:28 Two former mayors — a leftist and a right-wing conservative — are projected to emerge as the last men standing in a race for the Colombian presidency after first round of voting on Sunday.
Colombia Elections 2022 Spectre of political assassination looms over Colombian elections 17-05-2022 13:41 The spectre of assassination is haunting the electoral campaign in which the left has a real chance of taking power for the first time, in a country that has a history of political careers ending in a hail of bullets.
Colombia Elections 2022 Colombian rebels announce ceasefire for presidential elections 16-05-2022 16:53 Colombia's last recognised rebel group, the Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN), on Monday announced a 10-day ceasefire to allow presidential elections to pass off peacefully.
CRIME & SECURITY Three decades after Pablo Escobar's death, drugs ravage Medellín 10-05-2022 17:03 Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellín, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it, having become the epicentre of the domestic drug trade.
Colombia election 2022 Colombian presidential hopeful Petro signs oath against expropriation 19-04-2022 08:36 Gustavo Petro, who leads in opinion polls ahead of Colombian elections next month, signs oath not to expropriate property if he becomes next president.