Tag: Cambio Radical
Presidential candidate accused of bribing Colombia’s justice to hide paramilitary ties
Colombia’s Supreme Court was paid to end an investigation into alleged ties between former...
Colombia’s former VP withdraws party from peace coalition
Colombia’s Radical Change, the political party led by former vice president German Vargas,...
Colombia’s former VP pulls support for transitional justice system: report
German Vargas, Colombia’s former vice-president who resigned from the position to run for...
Congressman proposes presidential pardon for FARC
Colombia’s Congress should hand Juan Manuel Santos the power to grant presidential pardons to members of the FARC, said a congressman Friday. The idea “is simply to include an article where the Congress authorizes the...
Ex-paramilitary leader refuses to testify against housing minister
A captured paramilitary leader has refused to testify in the preliminary investigation against Colombia’s housing minister who has been accused of ties to the warlord, reported local media Wednesday. The former commander of the...
Political party Cambio Radical elects new president
A new leader of Colombian conservative liberal party Cambio Radical was elected Wednesday night, reported local media Thursday. Senator Antonio Guerra de la Espriella from the Carribean region of the northwestern Sucre...
U Party leader not afraid of lawmaker exodus to Liberal Party
The president of the U Party has denied that the proposed Liberal Party reunification will hurt his party, despite rumors that several U Party senators will follow the Cambio Radical Party in rejoining the Liberals. The...
Cambio Radical seeks to rejoin Liberal Party
The Cambio Radical Party seeks to rejoin the Liberal Party, a move supported by several prominent senators of President Juan Manuel Santos’ U Party, Colombian news site Confidencial Colombia reported Wednesday. According...
Cambio Radical revokes endorsement of 161 candidates
The new Cambio Radical Director, Carlos Fernando Galan, radically started his career with the party on Wednesday by withdrawing the endorsement of 161 Cambio Radical candidates because of their criminal records, reported El...
Cambio Radical replaces director amid candidate corruption scandal
Bogota mayoral candidate Carlos Fernando Galan replaced German Varon Wednesday as the director of the Cambio Radical Party amid allegations that Varon allowed candidates with criminal records to receive party endorsements. Varon...
Cambio Radical endorses babes in upcoming election
Colombia’s Cambio Radical Party endorsed female celebrities in the upcoming Bogota elections, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday. Actress Ana Bolena Meza and model, actress, and singer Lady Noriega are just some of...
Colombian party removes candidates over criminal convictions
The Colombian Cambio Radical Party announced Tuesday that it has refused to endorse 163 candidates for the upcoming elections, mostly due to the applicants’ previous criminal convictions. Cambio Radical leader German Varon...
