Colombia’s minister of the interior stated his opposition Tuesday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban all forms of abortion in the country, Colombian media reported. Minister of the…
President Juan Manuel Santos emphasized the power of government and condemned the FARC’s “lawlessness” during a 20 year commemoration of Colombia’s constitution. Santos said that Colombia is a country that…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reported that laws and Constitutional reforms approved during the recently concluded Congressional legislative session are unprecedented in the country’s history, the presidential website reported Friday.…
Former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria Tuesday admitted that it gave too much power to the president, while criticizing the possibility of presidential re-election. Gaviria, who was in power between 1990…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon encouraged the Afro-Colombian community to demand the creation of a law to guarantee their rightful access to proportional employment, according to a Tuesday press release…
Two Panamanian lawyers have demanded that their country’s Supreme Court renounce the political asylum afforded to the ex-director of Colombia’s intelligence agency, international media reported Friday. Lawyers Paulo Vega and…
Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez claimed that the constitutional court’s high tribunal was wrong to change abortion laws in 2006, during a recent discussion held at Universidad Javeriana, a private Catholic…
A referendum calling for life imprisonment for child molesters or murderers has passed the first debate in the Colombian senate, El Espectador reported Wednesday. The referendum bill, which arrived at…
Colombian senators are pushing for a constitutional amendment that will allow child rapists to be handed a life sentence, Terra reported on Tuesday. Life sentencing is currently banned in Colombia,…