Why Colombia’s establishment and Gustavo Petro don’t get along
Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro has upset Colombia’s establishment by revealing extensive ties between drug traffickers, corrupt elite politicians and the country’s spy agency.
Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro has upset Colombia’s establishment by revealing extensive ties between drug traffickers, corrupt elite politicians and the country’s spy agency.
European human rights organizations are still waiting for a verdict in the case against Colombia’s former President, Alvaro Uribe, whose administration has been accused of spying in Brussels. According to…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe’s initial intelligence chief for setting up an illegal spy unit that would eventually wiretap the court, journalists and human rights…
The then-press secretary and judicial adviser of former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe were charged on Thursday for their alleged participation in the illegal wiretapping of the Supreme Court, journalists, politicians…
The legal problems of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe aggravated Tuesday when a Bogota court ordered evidence of his alleged participation in the wiretapping of political opponents to be sent to…
The United States’ embassy in Bogota warned former State Secretary Hillary Clinton ahead of a 2010 visit to Colombia to “avoid effusive praise for President Alvaro Uribe” because of the latter’s…
The former Press Secretary of the past Alvaro Uribe administrations has been charged with conspiracy over his alleged role in the spying on Colombia’s Supreme Court.
While in Washington DC, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe decried the recent convictions of political allies, asking for their international protection against what he has called “political persecution”.
Following the sentencing of his former chief of staff and former spy chief on Thursday, former president Alvaro Uribe should be the next to be investigated for illegally spying on…