Authorities in the Colombian cities of Bogota and Cartagena, as well as in the northwestern department of Choco, suspect fraudulent activity in the ballot counting for the country’s congressional elections…
Colombia’s Interior and Justice Minister, Fabio Valencia Cossio, fiercely critized the National Registrar for its delay in counting the votes in Sunday’s Conservative Party primary elections. In the wake of…
Colombian congressional candidates are buying votes in the cities of Barranquilla and Soacha, using cash and scholarship placements to secure their election, local media say. Barranquilla police commissioner Jorge Gutierrez…
Colombia’s national registrar and the president of the National Electoral Council sent a joint letter to President Uribe on Wednesday, repeating their request for more funds to prevent voter fraud…
The National Electoral Council announced Tuesday it will open an investigation into alleged irregularities in the financing of former agricultural minister and pre-presidential candidate Andres Felipe Arias’ election campaign. Magistrate…
The Colombian Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) and the opposition Liberal Party on Monday urged the country’s inspector general to investigate accusations that government officials illegally take part in campaigns, and…
Former DMG director David Murcia Guzman on Friday declared himself innocent of all charges against him at the first hearing for his U.S. trial. The disgraced DMG tycoon, who is…
Disgraced DMG boss David Murcia was transferred Wednesday to a New York jail to face charges of money laundering for drug traffickers. Murcia, the “brain” of financial company DMG, who…
Colombia’s Registry’s Office wants authorities to investigate irregularities in the registration of citizens in the north of the country, claiming there may be attempts at fraud in the 2010 elections.…