Thousands of people from across Colombia joined opposition Senator Gustavo Petro in Bogota on Saturday to seek their movement’s formal recognition as a political party. Despite receiving 42% of votes…
Two Bogota city officials have been sent to jail for allegedly threatening teachers they would lose their job if they didn’t gather votes for a far-right senator during Colombia’s legislative…
Colombia’s election observers fiercely criticized former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro for his failure to address hate speech ahead of elections earlier this year. The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) analyzed almost…
US President Donald Trump called Ivan Duque on Monday to congratulate Colombia’s President-elect and discuss “security challenges,” White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. In her daily press briefing, Sanders said…
US Vice-President Mike Pence called Colombia’s president-elect Ivan Duque on Friday to congratulate him and begin setting the agenda for the coming years. Pence said on Twitter that he was…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Thursday that he will investigate three recently elected congressmen on election fraud charges. One of the politicians who allegedly paid money for votes, Senator-elect Aida Merlano…
Reports of voting irregularities over Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday have increased dramatically compared to the 2014 elections, according to independent election observers. The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE), said in its…
Leaders from throughout the Americas have congratulated Colombia’s president-elect, Ivan Duque, for his victory in Sunday’s elections. One of the first to call Duque was Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, who…
Colombia’s demobilized FARC guerrillas on Sunday congratulated President-elect Ivan Duque and called to continue working for peace in the war-torn country. The FARC’s director, Rodrigo Londoño, on Twitter celebrated the…
