Election fraud and violence on the rise in Colombia: Observers
There has been a massive increase in violence and electoral fraud in the build up to Colombia’s local elections in October, according to a report released on Wednesday by the…
There has been a massive increase in violence and electoral fraud in the build up to Colombia’s local elections in October, according to a report released on Wednesday by the…
Government ministers have denied claims that six election candidates have been killed in the last week and said election related murders and death threats have been overstated, according to Colombian…
Six candidates in Colombia’s upcoming local elections have been murdered in the last week alone, the Polo Democratico’s Camilo Romero told the senate on Tuesday. According to Colombian media, Romero…
A city council candidate in western Colombia was murdered Wednesday, raising the number of local candidates killed this year to 11, Colombian media reported. Gabriel Castillo Peña, a Conservative Party…
Prosecutors requested a prison sentence Tuesday for the author of a Facebook group that threatened the life of the former president’s youngest son. A counterterrorism prosecutor requested that a Bogota…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) had filed a case against Colombia before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for failing to prosecute a journalist’s attackers. Colombian journalist Luis Gonzalo “Richard”…
The family of three children who were allegedly raped, tortured and killed by the military will be relocated in order to ensure their safety after receiving death threats, El Espectador…
A public display of protest against rising violence levels has been organized on the Colombian island of San Andres to take place on Friday, El Espectador reports. Once a tranquil…
The family of liberated FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo plan to follow their relative’s lead and leave Colombia, because of continued death threats. The former hostage’s father, Professor Gustavo Moncayo, who…