Buying Colombia’s local elections: a user’s manual
Colombia is bled dry through the corruption of its political system. Here’s how the criminal activity of vote-buying works. If you are new to the profitable business of ripping off…
Colombia is bled dry through the corruption of its political system. Here’s how the criminal activity of vote-buying works. If you are new to the profitable business of ripping off…
A week before Colombia takes to the polls, elections in the capital Bogota are expected to end in a photo finish while Medellin’s local elite may as well be preparing…
Colombia’s former FARC guerrilla group has essentially split into three different categories: the party, the dissidents and the rearmed guerrillas. The FARC party and the demobilized members loyal to their…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque has used the rearmament of a dissident FARC group to revive the militaristic rhetoric of his political patron, former President Alvaro Uribe. In a number of…
While extremists like FARC dissident “Ivan Marquez” and former President Alvaro Uribe are trying to polarize Colombia, moderate forces are keeping the country together. These moderate forces in Colombian society…
With President Ivan Duque under almost constant criticism and former President Alvaro Uribe facing trial, Colombia’s local elections couldn’t have come at a worse time for the country’s far-right ruling…
Colombia’s Supreme Court will begin hearing witnesses in a criminal case against former President Alvaro Uribe on September 3. Among the 48 witnesses are 17 former members of paramilitary group…
Almost 7% of the politicians elected in Colombia’s 2015 local and regional elections have received criminal, disciplinary of fiscal penalties. These are their parties. 1. Conservative Party (7.75% corrupt) The…
Colombia’s potential cocaine production went up while less drugs were seized in 2018, resulting in a 13% increase in potential cocaine exports. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs…