Colombia: Meet the Candidates 2026
Violence and corruption top voter concerns ahead of the first round of presidential elections on May 31.
Colombia is preparing for presidential elections on May 31 in a race marred by violence. Candidates have scaled back campaigning after a wave of attacks, including the kidnapping of a senator and the assassination last year of Miguel Uribe Turbay, the first killing of a Colombian presidential candidate in over 30 years. These attacks have reinforced the public’s concern over rising crime and the government’s failure to rein in armed insurgent groups as coca production and drug trafficking have boomed in recent years. Polling shows that corruption, street crime, and armed group...
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