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Colombia over security issues along their border. "They want to sabotage our elections so that
election are projected at Cepeda's campaign headquarters in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 31, 2026. **Matias Delacroix/AP** Matias Delacroix/AP ### Colombian voters are weighing peace deals or a crackdown Voters across Latin America are increasingly ditching
elections, in which voters will pick a successor to President Gustavo Petro. Petro blamed the bombing on Ivan Mordisco, the South American country’s most-wanted criminal, whom the president has compared to late cocaine
Colombia has a history of armed groups – which finance their operations through drug trafficking, illegal mining and extortion – attempting to influence elections through violence. Farc remnants who rejected a 2016 peace deal with the government
Colombia’s most wanted men. Mordisco is a dissident former member of FARC, which signed a [landmark peace agreement](/features/2020/11/24/four-years-after-peace-deal-colombia-grapples-with-violence) with the government in 2016. The attack comes just more than a month before national
election Less than two hours after polling stations closed on Sunday, it was clear that Colombia’s presidential race would be settled in a run-off between two finalists: hard-right political outsider Abelardo
issue in Colombia’s 2022 election. Two of the other five recipients of this year’s prize have also focused their efforts on fighting fossil fuels, which are causing both global climate change and more
election reach far beyond Colombia. At a moment of escalating climate disasters and geopolitical instability, the world is watching whether this leadership continues, or whether political pressure from the fossil fuel industry succeeds in pushing
issues of security, as the two countries share a 2,200-kilometre (1,367-mile) border. While the border region is a significant area of trade, it is also a major migration route as well
issue. Erin Gamboa from the Chocó region on the Pacific Coast said his half-brother was taken by FARC guerillas and they have not heard from him since. "My region is heavily contested, criminal gangs
secure energy as war on Iran fuels uncertainty **Melbourne, Australia –**A multimillion-dollar advertising campaign encouraging Australians to save fuel for “our truckies” is just one of the ways the government is trying to address
Colombia, Peru and Ecuador deported from the US to the central African country last month. While the US authorities say they were deported because they were in the country illegally, some of them told
issues, including Iran’s nuclear program, will be discussed. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said negotiators would seek to reach a broader agreement including sanctions relief. - **What has been the reaction in Iran?** The Guardian
issue before the election’s first round on 31 May. The constitution does not allow for re-election, and the president’s chosen candidate, the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda – widely seen as the architect
election next year. But controversy over the way in which much of this money is being generated has defined much of the build-up to the World Cup. Back in 2018, those behind
issued a clear and urgent summons. In an interview on our[Today in Focus podcast](https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/jun/16/how-the-of-my-sister-jo-cox-changed-britain-podcast), she proposed that political hatred in Britain is worse now than at the time of her sister