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In the 20th century, 5 presidential candidates were assassinated

Marcelo Pecci was shot dead execution-style while on his honeymoon on a Colombian Caribbean island, in what police called a 'murder'

Every time Colombian leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, who leads opinion polls, steps out in public the scene is striking: he is surrounded by a wall of nervous-looking bodyguards brandishing…

With dozens of villages under siege and as many as two dozen people killed in a week, Colombia's largest drug cartel is sowing terror among civilians, flexing its muscle with days to go to presidential…

Daniel Quintero is the mayor of Colombia's second largest city Medellin after a surprising victory in the 2019 elections

Despite a historic peace deal in 2016, deaths continue – with least 70 activist leaders and human rights defenders assassinated so far this year

Colombian armed group lay siege to communities in response to extradition of its former leader, Otoniel, to the US.

The Constitutional Court issued the ruling in February of this year. Its part of a so-called "green wave" of liberalizing abortion rights in some Latin America countries. And its led to protests.

Marcelo Pecci, 45, was fatally shot while relaxing on a beach on Colombia's Carribean island of Baru, his wife says.Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Ma

The retaliation closed businesses, shut schools, suspended intercity bus service, and a professional soccer match couldn’t be played.