Tag: Colombia Elections

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Complicated Colombian presidential election; left-wing candidate leads but with a ceiling in the runoff

  

  Next Sunday Colombia will be voting for a new president and a last set of public opinion polls indicate that a left wing candidate, former guerrilla and ex mayor of the capital Bogotá has the most chances of succeeding current president Ivan Duque.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  ELN announces ceasefire so that Colombians may vote in peace

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Monday announced they would enforce a ceasefire during the upcoming presidential elections, in what has been perceived as a step towards peace talks with the future administration.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Colombian election in two weeks could represent a historic change in the country's history

  

  The specter of assassination is again haunting the electoral campaign in Colombia, where a left-wing candidate has a real chance of becoming president for the first time in a country that has a history of political careers ending in a hail of bullets.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Colombian main presidential candidate signs document promising to protect private property

  

  The Colombian left-wing candidate, Gustavo Preto and with the most chances of becoming the next president on 29 May, has signed before a public notary a document saying that he will not expropriate private companies or assets.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Colombia turns to the left in historic vote

  

  Colombian voters have taken a turn for the left following Sunday's historic support for Senator Gustavo Petro, who has been singled out in recent polls as the favorite to win the May 29 presidential elections.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Killings, bombings and threats mark the coming legislative elections in Colombia

  

  In less than a month, on 13th March, Colombians will be going to the polls to renew the Legislative, and according to the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation, there have been 163 victims of political violence, including 19 candidates and politicians who have been murdered in the last twelve months.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:24 UTC

  Ingrid Betancourt to run again for President of Colombia

  

  Ingrid Betancourt, a politician who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas while campaigning for the presidency and held hostage for six years, Tuesday announced she would run again.

• Monday, March 12th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Uribe protegé Duque, and ex Bogotá mayor dominate Colombia's legislative elections

  

  Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque and leftist Gustavo Petro will lead their respective coalitions in Colombia’s May presidential election after winning primaries on Sunday. Duque, a protégé of former President Alvaro Uribe and the standard bearer for the Democratic Center party, beat fellow candidates Marta Lucia Ramirez and Alejandro Ordonez for his coalition’s nomination. He got more than 3.9 million votes and 96% of the votes counted.