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Petro Uses Independence Day Address to Challenge Election Results

Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his final Independence Day address to Congress on Monday to question the legitimacy of Colombia’s presidential election, accuse the United States of ...
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New U.S.-Colombia chapter takes shape as Rubio meets Colombia’s vice president-elect

The meeting between Colombia's José Manuel Restrepo and Secretary of State Marco Rubio heralds a new chapter in U.S-Colombia relations.Photo: X/Illustration. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met ...
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‘Timochenko’ Urges De la Espriella to Uphold 2016 Peace Agreement

Former FARC commander Rodrigo Londoño, alias "Timochenko," returned to Colombia from Spain and appeared before the JEP ...
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Colombia’s President-Elect Breaks With Tradition, Plans Military Base Inauguration

In one of the most symbolic breaks with Colombia’s republican traditions in modern history, President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced Monday that he intends to be sworn into office on August ...
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Colombia’s Mayors back De la Espriella’s anti-crime crackdown

Colombia's president-elect to create urban security blocs in crime crackdown. Photo: FILE Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella said he will sign a decree on Aug. 7, the day he is sworn ...
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Colombia’s VP-elect rejects Cepeda’s call for “Civil Disobedience” as tantrum

Senator Iván Cepeda accomopanied by the Historic Pact's María José Pizarro. Photo: Iván Cepeda. Colombia’s Vice President-elect José Manuel Restrepo on Wednesday condemned opposition senator Iván ...
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Omar Rayo’s ‘Labyrinth’ Reframes Modern Latin American Art

At first glance, Omar Rayo’s paintings appear to belong to the orderly universe of geometry. Crisp black-and-white planes fold into one another with astonishing precision, ribbons weave endlessly ...
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Where Strangers Become Friends: The Home Dining Experience of Seis y Seis

At Seis y Seis strangers share fine dining, conversation and carefully paired wine. Photo: Nicolás Barrios. The front door opens onto a spacious Bogotá apartment overlooking a tree-lined street in La ...
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De la Espriella gives Colombia’s armed groups one month to surrender

Colombia’s president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella on Thursday gave the country’s illegal armed groups one month to submit to justice, pledging to abandon the broad negotiations pursued by the ...
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Iván Cepeda concedes election defeat, Petro begins transition to De la Espriella government

Colombian leftist senator Iván Cepeda formally conceded defeat on Wednesday, acknowledging conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella as the country’s president-elect after electoral authorities ...
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Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella Pledges a ‘Miracle Nation’

Colombia's President-elect De la Espriella greets supporters in Barranquilla. Photo: Firme con la Patria Standing behind a bulletproof screen beneath Barranquilla’s towering Ventana al Mundo monument, ...
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Colombia’s ‘Tiger’ victory reverberates with world leaders

Abelardo celebrates his election victory in Barranquilla. Photo: Abelardo Presidente. Congratulations poured in from world leaders on Sunday evening after conservative president-elect Abelardo “El ...