BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Conservative political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella held a razor-thin lead Monday after Colombia’s deeply polarized presidential runoff, which is being challenged by the ruling party’s

Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, who was endorsed by US President Donald Trump, won the preliminary count of the presidential runoff election in Colombia on Sunday,…

Leftwing opponent alleges vote count irregularities after Trump-endorsed lawyer secures narrow majority

Colombia's presidential race tightens as right-wing candidate De La Espriella leads, facing economic challenges and a divided Congress.

El ultraderechista Abelardo de la Espriella fue presidente de Colombia tras derrotar por poco margen al candidato de la izquierda Iván Cepeda en el balotaje.

Colombian right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is leading the country's Sunday presidential race, narrowly scraping by ahead of his leftist rival with nearly all ballots…

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.

Abelardo De la Espriella appears to be Colombia’s next president, according to preliminary results from Sunday’s runoff election.

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.

A victory by Abelardo de la Espriella would effectively be an indictment of the policies of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, whose protégé had promised to continue his agenda.

BARRANQUILLA: A flamboyant US-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s presidential runoff Sunday, swinging the country hard right with a promise to…

Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump-admiring far-right lawyer, narrowly defeated leftwing senator Iván Cepeda in Colombia's presidential runoff, securing 49.66% of the vote.

Flights were briefly suspended in response to the attack, which comes days after Ukraine struck the city’s oil refinery

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Conservative political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella held a razor-thin lead Monday after Colombia’s deeply polarized presidential runoff, which is…

A far-right lawyer with the endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump claimed victory Sunday night in Colombia's presidential runoff election.

Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right lawyer and businessman who earned US President Donald Trump's support, on Sunday won Colombia's presidential runoff with 49.7 percent of the…

US-backed right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has narrowly won Colombia's presidential runoff, preliminary results released on Sunday by the National Civil Registry show.

Right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has promised to crack down on crime and build a stronger economy

Far right lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella, who won backing of Donald Trump, seals narrow victory in run-off election.

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