The legal secretary of Colombia’s presidential palace announced that the challenge brought by the Polo Democratico against President Alvaro Uribe is inappropriate and will therefore not be taken into account…
Colombian opposition party Polo Democratico challenges President Uribe’s right to sanction the pending referendum legislation since he is both judge and party. Polo Representative German Reyes cited Law 734 as…
The National Electoral Council nullified the Conservative Party’s decision to cancel the election of a Presidential candidate at the upcoming party meeting on 27 September. However, reports daily El Tiempo,…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will not announce his 2010 aspirations until after the referendum that will allow him to run for a third consecutive term, Interior Minister Fabio Valencia said…
Families of soldiers and policemen held captive by the FARC seek a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. “We want to talk to him, we want to tell him to…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who was diagnosed with AH1N1 flu over the weekend, will not resume normal activities Thursday as his press office had announced earlier this week. A release…
Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS was actively involved in the trafficking of drugs to the U.S. by paramilitary organization AUC. President Alvaro Uribe was aware of the cooperation, Noticias Uno reported…
Senator Alirio Villamizar Afanador turned himself in to federal agents of the Prosecution in northern Bogota, in response to an arrest warrant handed down by the Supreme Court. The Court…
Colombia’s House of Representatives Tuesday approved the bill that calls for a referendum on a constitutional change to allow President Alvaro Uribe to be elected into office for a third…