Almost 7% of the politicians elected in Colombia’s 2015 local and regional elections have received criminal, disciplinary of fiscal penalties. These are their parties. 1. Conservative Party (7.75% corrupt) The…
Some 350 mayors and seven governors who took office on January 1 are facing criminal investigations by Colombia’s public prosecution, the office said in a report.
Colombia’s newly elected governors, mayors and local lawmakers took office on January 1, succeeding politicians who during the past term were victim of more than 600 acts of violence, including 52 assassinations.
Colombia’s governing coalition in Congress is in crisis after two of the parties accused Vice-President German Vargas of illegally meddling in local elections to strengthen his political network ahead of the…
Candidates in northeast Colombia have gone to extreme levels to gain votes by exploiting impoverished children, local media reported Thursday.
Leftist parties have long been a marginal force in Colombia’s politics, except in the capital Bogota where they have ruled for the past 12 years.
Colombian Vice President German Vargas circles in on the 2018 presidency after impressively expanding a network of political allies in Sunday’s local elections.
President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday met with the newly elected mayor of Bogota, Enrique Peñalosa, to discuss the future of Colombia’s capital city.
An angry crowd burned down the city hall, a court building and the local registry office of a town in central Colombia to protest the outcome of elections in their municipality.