Money, not votes, opens doors to Colombia’s Congress: Aida Avella
Elections in Colombia are won with checkbooks, not policies, according to Aida Avella, the Patriotic Union’s (Union Patriotica — UP) candidate for president.
Elections in Colombia are won with checkbooks, not policies, according to Aida Avella, the Patriotic Union’s (Union Patriotica — UP) candidate for president.
The latest stop in former President Alvaro Uribe’s Velez campaign for the Colombian Senate ended in a police crackdown Sunday as violence erupted in the Northern city of Cucuta, according…
Colombian officials have reported that 80 percent of demobilized minors who formerly belonged to an illegal armed group joined voluntarily. According to the government’s High Commission for Reintegration, more than…
Child prostitution is not more prevalent in Cartagena than in other Colombian cities, though there is a greater awareness of the problem, according to the Colombian branch of the United…
President of the Colombian National Electoral Committee (CNE) said Tuesday he had no knowledge of resolution outlining a supposed misuse of funds in the Green Party Presidential campaign. Oscar Giraldo…
Controversial Venezuelan spin-doctor J.J. Rendon, who advised President-elect Juan Manuel Santos during his campaign, denied on Friday that hefought a “dirty war” against rival Green Party presidential candidate Antanas Mockus.…
Colombia’s presidential candidate Antanas Mockus and Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday ended their election campaigns and will from Monday be prohibited from publicly promoting their parties before the country’s election…
Colombian political analysis website La Silla Vacia claims that three U.S. political advisers are an integral part of presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos‘ election campaign. Santos’ campaign “handles the issue…
Presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos‘ running mate Angelino Garzon defended Partido de la U’s campaign tactics in a a live debate with his Green Party counterpart Sergio Fajardo. “Juan Manuel…