Colombia Elections

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  Colombia's President Says Son Arrested On Money Laundering Charges

  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.

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  Biden Congratulates Colombia's Newly Elected Leftist President

  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.

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  Air Force One Is Obamas Favorite Perk, And In 2016 Hell Be Using It A Lot

  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.

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  Colombia Votes for Change in Local Elections Amid Peace Hopes

  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.

• Colombia Votes in Cliffhanger Presidential Poll

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

• Colombia Cliffhanger a Referendum on Peace

  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 FARC Declare Poll Ceasefire, Take a Swipe at Opposition Candidate

  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.

• Poll Says Colombia Presidential Runoff a Dead Heat

  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.

• Oscar Ivan Zuluaga Drops Threat to End Revolutionary Armed Forces of ColombiaTalks

  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.

• Colombia's President Heads to Runoff in Second Place in Elections

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

• Colombia's President, Challenger Head To Runoff

  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.

• Colombia's Presidential Race Engulfed by Scandal

  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.

• Colombian Rebels Declare Truce for Elections

  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.

• Colombian Rebels Declare Truce for Elections

  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.

• Colombia announces 2014 election dates

  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.