Abelardo de la Espriella outperformed in the first round of a deeply polarised presidential election

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…

In a surprisingly strong performance, right-wing outsider candidate Abelardo de la Espriella will face leftist candidate senator Iván Cepeda in a June runoff election to decide…

A Trump-aligned outsider tops Colombia’s first round and the sitting president refuses to accept the count.