Violence and threats posed by illegal armed groups to Colombia’s presidential elections has surged over the past few months, the Ombudsman’s Office and non-government organizations warned. Multiple NGO’s and the…
Colombia’s election observers have expressed serious concerns about guarantees that would allow free and fair presidential elections. Tensions in the South American country have been building after major irregularities in…
Candidates in Colombia’s elections finalized their campaigns on Sunday amid extreme tensions. Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro, the frontrunner in the race, ended his campaign on the central Bolivar Square in…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque has every reason to fear the elections after the opposition vowed to “overthrow the regime of corruption” with the help of the United Nations. Opposition candidate…
The participation of Colombia’s establishment candidate Federico Gutierrez in the second round of the elections is no done deal, multiple polls suggest. Three polls that were released on Thursday showed…
The far-right party of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque wants to postpone the May 29 presidential elections. The Democratic Center party and its main ally, the Conservative Party, proposed to postpone…
Opposition candidate Gustavo Petro has begun an offensive against election fraud in Colombia’s Caribbean region. The offensive is led by Miguel Angel del Rio, an attorney who played a key…
A campaign chief of former President Alvaro Uribe and presidential candidate Federico Gutierrez has reportedly been doing business with narcos for years. The ties between Gutierrez’s campaign and organized crime…
The campaign of Colombia’s establishment candidate Federico Gutierrez confirmed that it received a death threat signed by far-right group “Aguilas Negras.” According to Gutierrez’s campaign chief, Luis Felipe Henao, a…