Frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups

Far-right Abelardo de la Espriella and leftist Ivan Cepeda compete for the presidency on starkly different platforms.

On Sunday, Colombians will choose between human rights activist Ivan Cepeda, who would continue a more liberal agenda, or entrepreneur Abelardo de la Espriella, who promises a…

BOGOTÁ, June 21 — Colombians pick a new president today, a choice between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the...

Colombia faces a tight runoff election between a progressive and a conservative outsider. Businessman Abelardo de la Espriella and lawmaker Iván Cepeda are vying for the…

Voters in Colombia will choose a new president Sunday as hard-right White House-backed lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella faces leftist senator Ivan Cepeda in a high-stakes vote that…

A deeply divided electorate will choose Colombia's next president in a runoff on Sunday that pits a progressive against a conservative outsider, with both candidates tapping into…

Run-off election sees leftist Ivan Cepeda and far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella vying for the presidency.

Run-off election sees leftist Ivan Cepeda and far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella vying for the presidency.

Conservative businessman Abelardo de la Espriella and leftist senator and heir to the outgoing president Iván Cepeda have traded insults and accusations of election fraud.

Colombia's June 2026 presidential runoff pits a military hardliner against a peace negotiator as armed groups grow to 22,000 members and violence hits

Colombians are heading to the polls this Sunday to elect a new president. The frontrunner is Abelardo de la Esperiella. He has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation…

Frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups

Voters head to a runoff in Colombia Sunday between candidates offering sharply different approaches to armed groups, with the frontrunner calling for intensified military action…

Colombians vote in a polarized presidential runoff, choosing between Abelardo de la Espriella and Ivan Cepeda amid security concerns.

Colombians were voting Sunday in a polarized presidential runoff that could reshape the country's fragile peace process and relations with the United States, after the most…

Polls and a wary market favor Abelardo De La Espriella, who won the most votes in the first round with 43%, but analysts expect a tight race.

Abelardo de la Espriella, a hard-line right-wing candidate, and Ivan Cepeda, an ally of Colombia’s first left-wing government, face off in the presidential election's second round…

With nearly all polling centres reporting, Abelardo de la Espriella had 49.65 per cent while his rival Ivan Cepeda had 48.70 per cent.

Political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella holds a razor-thin lead in Colombia’s presidential election with nearly all the votes counted.

Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative political outsider, has taken a narrow lead in Colombia's runoff election.