Rainy season measures could go permanent
Colombia’s prosecutor general asks the Constitutional Court to make permanent two amendments to the constitution added in response to the disastrous rainy season in 2010, reports W Radio. The decrees…
Colombia’s prosecutor general asks the Constitutional Court to make permanent two amendments to the constitution added in response to the disastrous rainy season in 2010, reports W Radio. The decrees…
The Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that conscientious objectors to Colombia’s compulsory military service have the right to request an exemption from duty. In a 111 page document, the court gave…
Only 90 of the 268 representatives elected in Colombia’s congressional election in March have been confirmed to take their seat for the new constitutional period starting July 20, due to…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court approved that the “International Convention for the regulation of whaling” and the “Protocol to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling” be incorporated into national legislation. Magistrate Mauricio Gonzalez…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled that President Alvaro Uribe’s declaration of a “social emergency” was unconstitutional, meaning that the president’s proposed health reforms lack a legal foundation, Colombian media reports. The…
Colombian presidential candidates came together on Thursday and signed an agreement saying they will respect the principles of the Constitution, reported El Espectador. It is the first time in the history…
U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday sent a letter to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, commending the U.S. ally for his graceful acceptance of the Colombian Constitutional Court’s rejection of a referendum…
The president of Colombia’s National Electoral Commission, Marco Hincapie, announced Wednesday that the commission will fine, or ban from running, any candidates who are found to have been financed by…
Last Friday, Colombia was paralyzed. Everyone was listening to the radio, or watching the news on TV, waiting for the Constitutional Court’s decision on the referendum. Here at Princeton, I…