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Petro, Uribe and De la Espriella have all embraced the idea of a constituent assembly. Here’s why it remains controversial.

One built his fortune defending the accused; the other built his career avenging the dead. Both ask voters to trust their "professional" ties.

Colombia's runoff pits a pro-business outsider against a Bulgaria-educated neo-Marxist Petro ally — with petroleum, healthcare, and investment sectors watching closely.

Colombia is seeing rising violence and growing illegal armed groups ahead of presidential elections, as authorities point to alias “Marlon” as responsible for the attack.

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.

José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias Zarco Aldinever, second-in-command of ex-FARC group Segunda Marquetalia, was killed in an August ambush.

The decertification puts half a billion dollars of US security aid to Colombia at risk. Mafia & insurgent groups have flourished during the government of Gustavo Petro.

Authorities link the dissident Second Marquetalia faction of FARC to Uribe’s killing, but no concrete evidence has been presented yet.

FARC dissidents toppled an electricity pylon near Medellín, an act the governor called a terrorist attack on Antioquia.

After a military operation against FARC dissidents, shopkeeper Ramiro Correa was killed sparking outrage.