Conservative politician Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru's presidential runoff election.

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia’s president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon.

Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political newcomer, has been declared Colombia’s next president.

Abelardo de la Espriella is poised to become Colombia’s next president.

Political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella holds a razor-thin lead in Colombia’s presidential election with nearly all the votes counted, in a runoff vote marked by people’s fears of a renewed internal conflict.

More than 10 million people are victims of the harshest acts of violence in Colombia's six decades of armed conflict.

Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is urging prosecutors to investigate possible voter coercion by rebel groups in favor of governing party candidate Iván Cepeda.

Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, could have major implications for the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and Indigenous communities.

Colombian lawyer and presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for endorsing his campaign.

Pro-Trump lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella has taken the lead in Colombia’s presidential race after the first round of elections over the weekend.

In a story published May 31, 2026, about the Colombian election, The Associated Press erroneously reported the candidate's first name as Aberaldo.