Colombians vote in runoff election expected to trigger shift in decades-long armed conflict
Frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups Ghost of far-right paramilitaries hovers over Colombia’s presidential runoff vote Colombians are going to the polls in a presidential runoff expected to trigger to a dramatic shift in the country’s decades-long armed conflict, now at its most violent point since the landmark 2016 peace agreement between the government and most of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Polls
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De la Espriella says he will abandon President Gustavo Petro’s ‘total peace’ plan of negotiating the disarmament of all criminal organisations. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDe la Espriella says he will abandon President Gustavo Petro’s ‘total peace’ plan of negotiating the disarmament of all criminal organisations. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesColombiaColombia’s runoff election expected to trigger shift in decades-long armed conflictFrontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups Ghost of far-right paramilitaries hovers over Colombia’s presidential runoff vote Tiago Rogero in Bogotá Sun 21 Jun 2026 01.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 21 Jun 2026 07.14 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleColombians go…
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