Santos ahead of competition but short of first round win: poll
A poll released Thursday placed Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos ahead in the country’s upcoming presidential elections but short of the required majority to avoid a runoff vote.
A poll released Thursday placed Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos ahead in the country’s upcoming presidential elections but short of the required majority to avoid a runoff vote.
Colombia’s ELN rebel group condemned Sunday’s failed assassination attempt on left-wing presidential candidate Aida Avella, in a statement released Tuesday.
Questions are being asked of Colombian presidential candidate Marta Lucia Ramirez’s regarding her support of a former Colombian general currently being held in the United States on charges relating to…
A bomb exploded in Quibdo, a city in the west of Colombia, on Tuesday, leaving three men and one women dead.
The Colombian State Council has voted down an appeal that would have kept Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro in office, following his dismissal by the Inspector General last December, local media reported.
Colombia’s military has captured FARC veteran “The Doctor”, a 10 year-member of the rebel group who has been linked to numerous illegal operations throughout the country’s pacific coast, said the…
Colombian authorities have captured six alleged FARC guerrillas linked to the attempted assassination of former Interior Minister Fernando Londoño in 2012, said the defense minister on Tuesday.
An imprisoned former military captain has accused his former commanders, under direct orders from former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, of instructing him to carry out assassinations, local news website Las 2…
One of Colombia’s largest festivals, the Barranquilla Carnival, has chosen its new beauty queen at the end of a three month competition.