Abelardo de la Espriella, a hard-right candidate pledging to restore ties with Israel, open an embassy in Jerusalem and work with Israel against drug cartels, finished first ahead of leftist Iván Cepeda and now heads to a decisive runoff

Colombia's presidential election is headed to a runoff after voters delivered a sharply polarised first-round result on Sunday, setting up a contest between hard-right populist…

Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia’s presidential race in the first round of voting Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an…