Presidential Elections

By Oliver Griffin, Carlos Vargas and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian leftist Gustavo Petro came out on top in the...

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Gustavo Petro, who topped voting tallies with 40.8% in Colombia's first round of...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida scored his highest approval ratings since taking office eight...

By Julia Symmes Cobb FUSAGASUGA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian leftist Gustavo Petro leads the race for the country's presidency ahead...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian leftist Gustavo Petro came top during the first round of the Andean country's presidential election on...

By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians will choose among a leftist promising change, a center-right candidate seen as the...

By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan can run in next year's presidential election, a...

BANGUI (Reuters) - Allies of Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera have proposed changes to the constitution that would let...

By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is preparing to receive a record number of international observers...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Books about the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his brutal era of martial...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President-elect Ferdinand Marcos on Thursday promised to prevent any foreign interference in...

By Luis Jaime Acosta and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's economy must grow by more than 5% per...

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Rodolfo Hernandez, a septuagenarian construction magnate and former mayor, is enjoying a late...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - A joint session of Philippines Congress on Wednesday declared Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the...

By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - Whoever wins Colombia's presidency will face a divided congress and likely street protests, which...

By Gabriel Stargardter and Matt Spetalnick RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...

By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top public prosecutor said President Jair Bolsonaro has committed no...

MANILA (Reuters) - Arsenio Balisacan, the chief of the Philippines' anti-trust agency, said on Monday he had decided to accept...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday he discussed security issues with an envoy of defence...

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's "Renaissance" party and its allies are seen as winning next month's vote in...