Following Constitutional Court’s decision to block a referendum that would have allowed President Alvaro Uribe to run in this year’s Presidential elections, observers and officials in Colombia and abroad have…
The upcoming parliamentary elections will result in the election of a Congress with little to no legitimacy. A sizable number of votes will go to neo-paramilitary candidates, while a small…
As the congressional elections draw near, it is already clear that they will be riddled with fraud and corruption. The next generation of Colombian leaders will likely include more than…
Guaranteeing fairness and good practice in Colombia’s upcoming congressional and presidential elections is a matter of political urgency, which requires vigilance by citizens and the media, and the use of…
You could almost hear President Uribe fighting back tears during his speech when he spoke of what lies ahead for Colombia, after the Constitutional Court ruled 7-2 against a referendum…
Last Friday, Colombia was paralyzed. Everyone was listening to the radio, or watching the news on TV, waiting for the Constitutional Court’s decision on the referendum. Here at Princeton, I…
On Friday, the members of Colombia’s Constitutional Court will vote on the legality of a proposed re-election referendum that would allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez show the world how to be diplomatic.