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The largest forces in Colombia’s new Congress will be the left-wing Pacto Histórico with 22% of the vote, and the right-wing Centro Democrático with 15%. The next president will likely have to govern through coalitions and alliances.

Colombia’s Congressional elections this Sunday, March 8 are critical, as they will determine the legislators responsible for shaping the country’s laws over the next four years.

Legislators are elected this weekend, but so are primary candidates for the May 31 Colombian presidential election.

The move is a surprise, as Londoño is now affiliated with a party focused on Afro-Colombian advocacy and representation. Londoño has not previous record of a focus on this cause.

Do the Colombian president's claim show a detachment from reality, or is he playing a joke on the public?

Urbe, dead at the hands of a child assassin, lost his mother to Pablo Escobar when himself a child.

The Battle of Boyacá holiday begins Gustavo Petro’s final year, marked by progress in jobs and poverty figures but marred by a growing fiscal deficit.

It's impossible to escape the main news of the week, which was the conviction of ex-President Álvaro Uribe for witness tampering.

The verdict marks the first criminal conviction of a former head of state in Colombia's history. An appeal is almost certain.

A 14 year old assassin was taken into custody at the scene, and the senator remains in critical condition.