Establishment candidate and Colombia’s former president German Vargas is reportedly collecting favors from state officials to obtain the signatures to run in the 2018 presidential election. According to Ibague-based paper…
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Colombia’s former vice-president German Vargas reportedly closed a deal with former President Alvaro Uribe that would increase chances of a conservative win in the 2018 presidential election. Vargas has already…
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Colombia’s Radical Change, the political party led by former vice president German Vargas, is leaving the political coalition led by President Juan Manuel Santos, according to media Tuesday. The move by Vargas,…
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Despite earlier claims that the FARC would not put forth a presidential candidate in Colombia’s 2018 election, the group now says it does not rule out proposing a candidate of…
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The majority of Colombians would elect neither a participant in the war nor a religious leader in the 2018 presidential elections, according to a poll. The “Great Poll” commissioned by…
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Almost all Colombia’s presidential candidates announced to run without the support of political parties, making it unclear how the incoming leader will govern the country. In total, 29 candidates have…
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Colombia’s hard-right opposition, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, should have defined who will lead their attempt to recover power in the 2018 elections before November 18. The Registrar’s Office…
Some of Colombia’s presidential candidates have such a high disapproval rating that their chances of winning in the second round of the presidential elections are virtually non-existent. This is primarily…
A fiscal watchdog has seized assets of Colombian presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo for alleged financial mismanagement when he was governor of Antioquia between 2012 and 2015. According to local media,…
Colombia’s presidential candidates fail to convince the Colombian public as their talking points seem out of line with the expressed needs of the public, a poll indicates. According to the…