The official in charge of protecting threatened persons told Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday he ran out of resources as senators blasted the government’s inaction over a spike in electoral violence.…
Colombia’s inspector general asked to revoke the identity papers of a quarter of newly registered voters on Tuesday on suspicion they may be used for fraud in October’s local elections.…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque vowed to curb deadly violence in Colombia’s ongoing local election race for the second time in three months. Following a blistering letter from the country’s mayors…
Regional dynasties appear to be behind most of the murders, assassination attempts and death threats in Colombia’s increasingly violent local elections race, according to leading political scientist. According to Ariel…
Colombia’s mayors on Thursday urged action from the national government, indicating political violence ahead of local and regional elections is spiraling out of control. In a blistering letter, Federation of…
For the second time in less than a week, a candidate running for mayor in Colombia’s local elections was assassinated on Saturday. Orley Garcia was shot dead by a masked…
Colombia’s government ordered the bodyguards of demobilized FARC leaders to hand in all machine guns in the middle of the former guerrillas’ first local election campaign. The controversial order of…
Election observers on Tuesday warned that stigmatization is fueling deadly violence in Colombia after a mayoral candidate died in a savage massacre. The murder of Liberal Party mayoral candidate Karina…
A mayoral candidate and five others were murdered while on campaign in southwest Colombia, local authorities said Monday. The car of Liberal Party candidate Karina Garcia, who was running for…