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Colombia elects Trump-backed De la Espriella, extending region's rightward shift
Trump-backed lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia's presidency by a razor-thin margin, defeating Iván Cepeda as Latin America's rightward tilt gains another convert and Bogotá braces for unrest.
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World Cup fever and K-pop brigades collide with Colombia's bitter run-off
Colombians head to the polls today in a presidential run-off shadowed by allegations of vote coercion, foreign interference and a culture war fought largely on social media.
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Colombia runoff tests Latin America's rightward turn as Trump backs "El Tigre"
Donald Trump has made Colombia's presidential runoff his own, repeatedly endorsing far-right outsider "El Tigre" and warning that a leftist victory would wreck ties with Washington.
World Bank cuts Latin America growth outlook as Middle East oil shock takes toll
The World Bank has trimmed its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean for both 2026 and 2027, blaming the inflationary and monetary fallout from the Middle East conflict.
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Colombia counts 173 dead and 670 missing in Russia-Ukraine war
Colombia has recorded 173 citizens dead and 670 missing in the Russia-Ukraine war, the most detailed official accounting yet of a conflict that has turned the South American country into one of the largest sources of foreign fighters.
Sudan, DRC top annual Norwegian Refugee Council ranking of world's neglected displacement crises
The 10 most neglected crises for the year include Colombia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador, Cameroon, Nigeria and Mozambique, “spanning three continents and tens of millions of people the world continues to ignore”.
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The lawyer, showman and self-styled tiger seeking to remake Colombia
Abelardo de la Espriella, the flamboyant lawyer, businessman and self-styled "El Tigre" who surged to first place in Colombia's presidential first round, has built one of the most unconventional political brands in the country's modern history.
Far-right outsider edges left in Colombia first round to set up ideological runoff
A flamboyant lawyer versus a communist senator's son. Colombia's presidential runoff pits two radically different visions of the country's future against each other.
Three-way race tests Colombia's shifting political order
A leftist senator, a far-right flamboyant provocateur and a conservative dynast vie to define the country's next chapter as Colombians head to the polls on May 31.
Latin America's democracies face silent erosion from within, UN warns
Latin America and the Caribbean's political systems are experiencing a gradual institutional decay that rarely manifests as outright democratic collapse but instead hollows out governance from within, the UNDP has warned in a new report.
Colombia's battle-hardened veterans fuel Ukraine's front lines
Thousands of Colombian veterans are fighting in Ukraine's armed forces, drawn by salaries up to eight times their domestic military pensions, a flow of combat labour that has made Colombia the single largest source of foreign fighters for Kyiv.
Colombia's Petro pitches Caribbean coast as bitcoin mining hub on clean energy surplus
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has proposed turning the country's Caribbean coast into a bitcoin mining centre powered by surplus clean energy, framing the initiative as a potential driver of regional economic development.
Income share of world’s richest 10% vs 0.1% in Latam - OWID
One way to measure income inequality is to look at the share of all income that goes to the top income earners. The chart plots this for all seven South American countries with comparable 2022 pre-tax income estimates.
Colombia climate conference closes with push to end oil, gas and coal
War and climate crisis collide in Colombia, where over 50 nations are mapping a path away from oil, gas and coal — outside the UN process that has repeatedly failed to act.
India tycoon's son offers to take Colombia's Escobar hippos
Anant Ambani, a director at Reliance Industries and son of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has asked Colombia's government to suspend a planned cull of 80 hippos descended from animals brought to the country by drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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ECLAC cuts Latin America growth forecast as Middle East war fans inflation
ECLAC trims Latin America's 2026 growth forecast to 2.2%, warning that soaring oil prices, tighter credit and slowing global trade are locking the region into a fourth consecutive year of sluggish expansion.
Latin America's unfinished battle with inflation leaves the region exposed to the Iran shock
The Middle East conflict has landed on Latin America at an awkward moment. After two years of gradual progress bringing inflation under control, the region's central banks now face the prospect of that effort being undone by an external conflict.
Colombia pre-election violence escalates after bus bombing kills 20
Colombia’s death toll from a bus bombing in the southwestern department of Cauca rose to 20, authorities said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on civilians as the country approaches presidential elections.
Latin America oils up as Hormuz crisis reshapes global energy supply
From Vaca Muerta to the Orinoco, Latin America is sitting on the world's most coveted untapped crude. The Iran war may finally force it to act.
IMF raises Latin America growth forecast but warns of uneven impact from Middle East war
The IMF raised its 2026 growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean by a tenth of a percentage point to 2.3%, while cautioning that the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East will most impact the region's smaller economies.