Colombia’s Senate on Tuesday approved the dismissal of Piedad Cordoba after the country’s Inspector General said the dissident politician is now officially a “former senator.” The Senate commission studying the…
Colombian dissident politician Piedad Cordoba refuses to accept the rejection of the appeal she filed against her dismissal as senator and ban from public office for 18 years. On Wednesday…
Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez Wednesday upheld the 18-year public office ban he placed on Senator Piedad Cordoba for allegedly collaborating with the FARC guerrilla group. Ordóñez, who banned Cordoba from…
The defense attorney of dismissed Senator Piedad Cordoba on Friday asked Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez to declare himself impeded to appoint the official to take up the senator’s appeal. According…
Some 50 supporters of Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba on Thursday demonstrated against the inspector general’s decision to dismiss the leftist senator and bar her from holding public office for 18…
Colombian Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez on Monday defended his decision to ban Senator Piedad Cordoba from public office for 18 years for allegedly collaborating with the FARC, saying he “could not have acted otherwise.”…
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño on Wednesday expressed concern over the dismissal of Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba for allegedly collaborating with the FARC. The Colombian senator has been disqualified from public…
Senator Piedad Cordoba said Tuesday that she would not be intimidated by the inspector general’s decision to bar her from public office for 18 years for her alleged ties with the…
Following her dismissal by the Inspector General’s Office for “collaborating” with the FARC, Colombian dissident Senator Piedad Cordoba said Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez lacks the moral authority to bar her…