Politics

Anibal Gaviria

Anibal Gaviria is a Colombian journalist and politician, and one of the heirs of a powerful, but controversial dynasty from the war-torn Antioquia province. Gaviria’s political beginnings Tweets by anibalgaviria…

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Clara Rojas

Congresswoman Clara Rojas is a lawyer and former personal assistant of Ingrid Betancourt, known primarily for being kidnapped and held by the FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, for six years.…

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Frank Pearl

Frank Pearl is a Colombian politician who served as chief negotiator in peace talks with Marxist ELN rebels under former President Juan Manuel Santos. The senior government official has held several…

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Andres Pastrana

Andres Pastrana is a former journalist and a Conservative Party politician who served as president of Colombia from 1998-2002. Early Life Tweets by AndresPastrana_ Pastrana was born into one of…

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Ivan Cepeda

Ivan Cepeda is a Colombian senator, victim representative and one of the country’s most influential moral authorities on the left. His almost personal opposition to former President Alvaro Uribe has made him one of…

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‘Fabian Ramirez’

“Fabian Ramirez” is a former commander of demobilized guerrilla group FARC and a former negotiator in peace talks that led to the groups demobilization in 2017. History The rebel commander…

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Clara Lopez

Clara Lopez is a Colombian economist and politician who led the leftist Democratic Pole party in Colombia’s 2014 presidential elections, but later switched to become a Liberal Party politician. Early Life…

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Eduardo Montealegre

Eduardo Montealegre is Colombia’s former chief prosecutor who successfully tried top government officials but whose reputation is marred by one of the country’s biggest ever embezzlement scandals. Montealegre was born in the town…

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Juan Carlos Velez

Former Senator Juan Carlos Velez is a lawyer and a strong supporter of former President Alvaro Uribe with a decades-long career in Colombia’s politics.

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