Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has implied he may end efforts to negotiate the dismantling of paramilitary organization AGC, which could threaten his “Total Peace” policy. Petro ordered the security forces…
The son of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro won’t take part in Colombia’s regional elections after an apparent slander campaign by his ex-wife and political rivals. Nicolas Petro, a deputy in…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro sacked three of his ministers ahead local and regional elections in October. Petro announced on Monday that Education Minister Alejandro Gaviria, Culture Minister Patricia Ariza and…
One week after Colombia’s city halls changed administration, four mayors are in jail on election fraud already, according to newspaper El Espectador. The situation is creating an awkward situation in…
If you thought Medellin politicians were corrupt, go to the neighboring Bello municipality. Its mayor-elect is allegedly so corrupt he celebrated his reelection on Sunday wearing an ankle bracelet. Perez…
For the first time since Colombia’s FARC guerrillas demobilized and became a political party in 2017, one of its members was elected mayor on Sunday. The election of Guillermo Torres,…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Sunday admitted defeat after devastating results in the country’s local elections. In a tweet, the leader of the far-right Democratic Center (CD) party and…
President Ivan Duque and his Democratic Center (CD) party suffered a humiliating defeat in Colombia’s local elections on Sunday. The far-right party of Duque and his political patron, former President…
Independent observers expressed satisfaction about the absence of pressure of illegal armed groups in Colombia’s local elections on Sunday, but reported aggression between voters in the north. In its second…