Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro extended the term of acting Foreign Minister Luis Murillo after the Inspector General’s Office extended the term of suspension of Alvaro Leyva. In a decree, Petro…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office suspended Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva over a dispute with the company that had been hired to print passports. The three-month suspension comes less than a month…
Colombia’s foreign minister told the United Nations’ security council that his country’s war crimes tribunal JEP should be “revised” in order to “perfect it.” Without a revision, the JEP would…
The United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Colombian counterpart on Monday, Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva, to kick off high-level talks on bilateral issues. The two-day negotiations…
The United Nations expressed support for talks between Colombia’s government and illegal armed groups involved in armed conflict and organized crime. The United Nations’ representative in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz, expressed…
President-elect Gustavo Petro announced key appointments to form Colombia’s new government and a majority coalition. The appointments indicate that Petro seeks a significant reorganization of the government and the security…
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe explicitly refused to meet with the FARC leader “Timochenko” to discuss his opposition to the ongoing peace talks in Havana. During his time as President of…
Former President Alvaro Uribe’s administration didn’t have faith in the government sanctioned interlocutor with the FARC, Alvaro Leyva, a WikiLeaks cable has shown. The cable, dated October 6, 2006, relays…
Conservative Party presidential candidate Noemi Sanin invited her former candidacy rival Andres Felipe Arias to work on her campaign for the Colombian presidency, during a Conservative Party Congress in Bogota…