The government is set to include controversial plans to try military personnel in separate courts as part of the justice reform bill that will be presented to Congress on Wednesday.…
Colombia’s local elections saw a steep drop in violence, the government reported Sunday evening. Violence fell by 86% since the last local elections in 2007, Colombia’s Interior Minister German Vargas…
Several candidates in northwest Colombia have threatened that their supporters will riot if they lose in Sunday’s election, Colombia’s interior and defense ministers confirmed. According to the ministers, they have…
Colombia’s government announced Monday it has deployed senior officials to oversee security for over 70 at-risk municipalities for Sunday’s local elections. Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras told press that “the…
Colombia’s interior minister agreed Friday to withdraw controversial plans to create seperate courts for military personnel as part of a judicial reform bill. Despite announcing earlier in the month that…
Internal divisions in the government are emerging over the inclusion of controversial plans for separate military courts in a judicial reform bill. Two weeks ago Interior Minister Interior German Vargas…
Colombia’s Minister of the Interior German Vargas Lleras, himself a former presidential candidate, spoke out Wednesday in support of the possible re-election of President Juan Manuel Santos. The minister made…
Colombia’s interior minister said Thursday the kidnapping of the daughter of a mayor in the northeast of Colombia is a “crime against humanity” and offered the full support of the…
The Colombian government contributed $5.25 million to the National Registry for a biometric identification pilot program that seeks to prevent identification forgery in the upcoming election, revealed Colombia’s Minister of…