Senator Aurelio Iragorri met with Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro to say that the coalition U Party does not support the impeachment initiative., local media reported. Iragori allegedly notified Petro that…
Colombian congressman Roy Barreras on Tuesday was appointed interim president of the U Party while a permanent leader is found. Newspaper El Tiempo reported that Barreras could be the temporary manager…
Three key congressmen of the U Party, once created to support Colombia’s then-President Alvaro Uribe, said Friday that the increasingly critical former head of state no longer belongs to the…
An ex-Colombian senator, formerly accused of working with paramilitaries, sued the state for $3.35 million, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Carlos Garcia Orjuela was released from jail in September 2010 after…
Colombia’s U Party refused to accept the resignation of the party president Wednesday, due to debate over the creation of a government body that would have the right to change…
Colombian Senate President Roy Barreras called on Vice President Angelino Garzon, to explain his alleged support for establishing a national governmeny body, which would allow a committee of popularly-elected delegates…
Colombia’s vice president supports amending the country’s constitution, ignoring objections by President Juan Manuel Santos, claimed Senator Juan Carlos Velez Tuesday. Senator Velez, a member of the liberal conservative U…
Colombia’s highest administrative court declared Senator Juan Lozano innocent of influence peddling during his time as head of the country’s U Party, local media reported Wednesday. Lozano, who left his…
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is organizing potential candidates to challenge President Juan Manuel Santos’ power in the legislature ahead of elections in 2014, news network Noticias Uno reported Sunday.…