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

Toro's only serious challenger, Tulio Gómez, a supermarket founder and football team owner, had his candidacy revoked by the National Electoral Council.

Char is accused by former senator Aida Merlano, a former lover of his brother Alex, who herself is a fugitive from justice.

On November 21, massive protests took place throughout Colombia; the largest at least since 1977, over 40 years ago. Though limited labor union strikes and university student protests are fairly common in Colombia, this was a public action unseen in Colombia for at least two...

One week ago last Sunday, Colombian voters went to the polls to choose mayors, neighborhood councils, city councils, and governors. With some notable exceptions, elections were mostly peaceful unlike past decades, but typical localized cases of vote buying and corruption were...

Sunday’s local and gubernatorial elections in Colombia saw stunning defeats for the Centro Democratico, the political party of both current President Ivan Duque and former president Alvaro Uribe. Far left senator and former revolutionary militant Gustavo Petro also saw his hand...

Fajardo's decision to not support Gustavo Petro in the June 17 election is a setback for the leftist candidate.

The results reflected the wide plurality of political views in a country that has grow highly divided in recent years.

These two coalition leaders will face off, along with others, in the May 27 election to replace outgoing two-term President Juan Manuel Santos.

We profile some of the top contenders to analyze who is most likely to create a welcoming climate for the private sector.