Trump congratulated de la Espriella on his apparent Colombia election win. With 99.9% counted, he leads 49.7% to 48.7%, but rival Cepeda has launched a challenge over voting irregularities.

President Donald Trump had endorsed Abelardo de la Espriella, a political outsider who refers to himself as "The Tiger." ...

Colombia's President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella has suspended the transition process with President Gustavo Petro's ...

THE essential components of any election observation process are four: on-the-ground observation, identification of ...

US President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated right-wing politician Abelardo de la Espriella on winning Colombia's presidential election before the official final results were published.

Leftist candidate Iván Cepeda conceded Wednesday to right-winger Abelardo de la Espriella as Colombia’s president-elect, accepting the results of Sunday’s second-round election.

After initially challenging the results, Colombia's leftist candidate conceded a razor-thin loss to conservative outsider ...

Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella eked out a marginal victory over his left-wing opponent Iván Cepeda in Colombia’s presidential race after crude election interference by the US government.

Abelardo de la Espriella, who preliminary results suggest is Colombia's next president, had Trump's endorsement.

Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political neophyte, will be Colombia’s next president after ...

Far-right defence attorney and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential election Sunday, followed closely by leftist senator Ivan Cepeda. A fervent ...