Colombia Elections

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Saturday that his son Nicolas has been arrested on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment in a scandal linked to Petro's election campaign.

US President Joe Biden congratulated Colombia's new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, on his election victory in a phone call Tuesday, the White House said.

With Washington increasingly consumed by the November elections, President Barack Obama will spend much of his final year in office traveling the country and the world.

Colombians largely spurned far-right and far-left candidates as they elected on Sunday hundreds of local officials who will have a crucial role in implementing any peace agreement reached with leftist FARC rebels.

Colombians went to the polls on Sunday in a cliffhanger presidential election that has become a referendum on peace talks with leftist guerrillas.

Colombians vote Sunday in the nation's tightest presidential contest in two decades, an election that President Juan Manuel Santos deems a referendum on peace talks to end the Western Hemisphere's longest-running conflict.

Colombia's leftist FARC rebels declared a ceasefire on Saturday for a three-week period covering a tight presidential election race on June 15, campaigning for which has centered on how to end five decades of war with the guerrilla group.

The latest poll in Colombia says President Juan Manuel Santos and challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga are in a dead heat a little more than a week before their presidential runoff election.

Colombian presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who faces incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a run-off vote, on Thursday dropped his threat to end peace talks with Marxist rebels if elected, softening his stance on the election's most pivotal issue.

He presides over one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies and has taken peace negotiations with Marxist rebels farther than anyone in decades.

Former Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga finished first in the opening round of Colombia's presidential election Sunday, delivering a blow to President Juan Manuel Santos' re-election bid but failing to win the majority of votes needed to avoid a runoff ballot in three weeks against the incumbent.

Accusations of bribes from drug traffickers, spying and email hacking have turned Colombia's presidential election into an ugly slugfest that has further polarised a country trying to emerge from its violent past.

Colombia's FARC rebel group said on Friday that it will observe a unilateral truce during the country's May 25 elections as a gesture of goodwill.

Colombia's FARC rebel group said Friday it will observe a unilateral truce during the country's May 25 elections as a gesture of goodwill.

Parliamentary elections in Colombia will take place on March 9 and the first round of the presidential poll will be on May 25, electoral authorities said on Monday.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Saturday that his son Nicolas has been arrested on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment in a scandal linked to Petro's election campaign.

US President Joe Biden congratulated Colombia's new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, on his election victory in a phone call Tuesday, the White House said.

With Washington increasingly consumed by the November elections, President Barack Obama will spend much of his final year in office traveling the country and the world.

Colombians largely spurned far-right and far-left candidates as they elected on Sunday hundreds of local officials who will have a crucial role in implementing any peace agreement reached with leftist FARC rebels.

Colombians went to the polls on Sunday in a cliffhanger presidential election that has become a referendum on peace talks with leftist guerrillas.

Colombians vote Sunday in the nation's tightest presidential contest in two decades, an election that President Juan Manuel Santos deems a referendum on peace talks to end the Western Hemisphere's longest-running conflict.

Colombia's leftist FARC rebels declared a ceasefire on Saturday for a three-week period covering a tight presidential election race on June 15, campaigning for which has centered on how to end five decades of war with the guerrilla group.

The latest poll in Colombia says President Juan Manuel Santos and challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga are in a dead heat a little more than a week before their presidential runoff election.

Colombian presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who faces incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a run-off vote, on Thursday dropped his threat to end peace talks with Marxist rebels if elected, softening his stance on the election's most pivotal issue.

He presides over one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies and has taken peace negotiations with Marxist rebels farther than anyone in decades.

Former Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga finished first in the opening round of Colombia's presidential election Sunday, delivering a blow to President Juan Manuel Santos' re-election bid but failing to win the majority of votes needed to avoid a runoff ballot in three weeks against the incumbent.

Accusations of bribes from drug traffickers, spying and email hacking have turned Colombia's presidential election into an ugly slugfest that has further polarised a country trying to emerge from its violent past.

Colombia's FARC rebel group said on Friday that it will observe a unilateral truce during the country's May 25 elections as a gesture of goodwill.

Colombia's FARC rebel group said Friday it will observe a unilateral truce during the country's May 25 elections as a gesture of goodwill.

Parliamentary elections in Colombia will take place on March 9 and the first round of the presidential poll will be on May 25, electoral authorities said on Monday.