Just five days before Colombia’s presidential elections this May, incumbent Juan Manuel Santos will be expected to appear before the Constitutional Court to explain what political rights would be afforded…
Two separate debates have emerged around the saga of former Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro: one to do with his political fate, the other with Colombia’s relation to an international commission.
Colombia’s oldest and largest living rebel group, the FARC, said Thursday that the rebels feel “a lot of pain” for the civilian victims of the country’s armed conflict that has…
The Inspector General of Colombia responded to the President of the Constitutional Court Thursday, saying that precautionary measures issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) are not obligatory,…
After making a defining statement Wednesday night that could affect the fate of Bogota’s ousted mayor, Colombia’s Constitutional Court president seemingly flip-flopped on the issue Thursday, saying he was not…
The president of Colombia’s Constitutional Court announced that the national government should not have disobeyed the precautionary mandate from the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, which stated that Bogota’s ousted…
A recent university study on the use of drugs in Colombia’s schools, says that consumption of various types of drugs is very prevalent among the country’s young students, reported local…
Opposition Senator-elect, Claudia Lopez, stated that President Juan Manuel Santos’ tenure in office is turning Colombia into a “totalitarian republic,” strongly resembling its neighbor Venezuela. “The truth is that the…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Monday that former mayor of Bogota, Samuel Moreno will receive more charges of misconduct while in office, which will add to growing allegations of corruption.