Illegal armed groups are trying to influence the October local elections in nearly 200 Colombian municipalities, the country’s ombudsman said Monday. According to various media reports, Ombudsman Volmar Perez revealed…
The Armed Forces killed a financial leader of the guerrilla group FARC’s 36th Front in central Antioquia, newspaper El Colombiano reported. The FARC head, alias “Shampoo,” was killed along with…
The commander of the Armed Forces on Monday criticized non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) “unbalanced” evaluations of the Colombian armed conflict. Admiral Edgar Cely told Caracol Radio that NGOs are unfairly judging…
Aurelio Suarez, the Polo Democratico Party candidate for the Bogota mayoral race, officially registered his candidacy, Colombian media reported. While he was submitting his application, Suarez explained some of his…
Colombian political parties have banned 1,400 supposedly criminal candidates from the upcoming October elections, various media reported. Since Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras declared July 7 month that the government…
Suspended Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno did not show up for his first day in court for a public works corruption scandal, Colombian media reported. The trial was scheduled to start…
Former Mayor Enrique Peñalosa was statistically tied with independent candidate Gustavo Petro in the latest poll for the Bogota mayoral race, various media reported Friday. Although Peñalosa leads Petro by…
The inspector general suspended all 17 council members in Tunja, a city in the central Colombian department of Boyaca for irregularities in a 2008 election, RCN Radio reported. In the…
Commander of the Colombian Armed Forces Admiral Edgar Cely assured the indigenous people of Colombia that his new mountain task force in Cauca is not an occupation, various media reported…