Posted by Travis Mannon | Oct 31, 2011 | News
Despite the bloody lead-up to the 2011 local and regional elections, which saw 41 candidates murdered, Sunday’s events conclude in relative peace with only isolated incidents of violence and electoral irregularities....
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 30, 2011 | News
Liberal Party candidate Anibal Gaviria won Medellin’s mayoral election, narrowly beating independent candidate and former Mayor Luis Perez. With 95.10% of the votes counted, Gaviria won 37.65% of the votes, trailed...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 30, 2011 | News
Polling stations in Colombia closed at 4PM Sunday after a day of local and regional elections that according to the national government went without major incidents. In contrast to the bloody lead-up to the elections, in which...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 28, 2011 | News
At least two soldiers were killed and another 11 wounded in a minefield planted by the leftist guerrilla group FARC in the department of Cauca, southwest Colombia on Friday morning. According to newspaper El Tiempo, troops...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 28, 2011 | News
An electoral observation NGO launched a distress call for the Sunday elections in Medellin, citing significant influence from illegal armed groups as well as serious threats against candidates, voters, and the electoral court....
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