Colombia: Presidential Candidates End
Campaigns Ahead of May 31 Election
Posted By: FlyRight, 5/26/2026 6:30:42 AM
Colombia’s presidential candidates concluded their campaigns this weekend in anticipation of the Sunday, May 31 election. Colombian voters will head to the polls to choose who will succeed Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist president ever, once his term ends in August. The election has been marred by violence for years, beginning with the assassination of conservative presidential frontrunner Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay. Sen. Uribe, 39 at the time of his death, was shot in the head twice and once in the leg by a child as he held a rally in Bogotá on June 7, 2025.
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That is the window.
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The strikes were in Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, a defense official said.
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