Luis Perez
Colombian politician Luis Perez is the former governor of the Antioquia province who has never been far from controversy. Tweets by Luis_Perez_G Locals call the Medellin native “Luis XV” because…
Colombian politician Luis Perez is the former governor of the Antioquia province who has never been far from controversy. Tweets by Luis_Perez_G Locals call the Medellin native “Luis XV” because…
Control over Colombia’s largest paramilitary group, the AGC, has allegedly been transferred to “Chiquito Malo” after the arrest of long-time leader “Otoniel.” According to the authorities, Chiquito Malo’s real name…
The “Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia” (AGC), a.k.a. “Clan del Golfo” or “Gulf Clan, is Colombia’s most powerful paramilitary group that controls most the country’s drug trade.
Luciano Marin, a.k.a. “Ivan Marquez,” is the commander of “Segunda Marquetalia,” one of the largest guerrilla groups that was formed after the demobilization of the FARC in 2017. The guerrilla-turned-politician-turned-guerrilla…
Luis Carlos Sarmiento is Colombia’s richest man and an increasingly controversial figure over his companies’ involvement in corruption and malpractice scandals. Sarmiento was born in 1933 in Bogota to a…
Colombia’s late Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo was a dynasty politician who inherited much of his initial political clout from his powerful father. Silver spoon politics Trujillo was born in…
Former President Alvaro Uribe was arguably Colombia’s single most influential and divisive figure of the century, until justice caught up with the far-right politician.
Jorge Ivan Ospina is the mayor-elect of Colombia’s third largest city, Cali, who is set to take office on January 1. Ospina’s election victory in October 2018 was the second;…