Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ignored a ruling of an international court Wednesday and signed off on the controversial impeachment of Bogota’s embattled mayor, the leftist Gustavo Petro.
Just when Colombia believed that the political career of Bogota’s mayor Gustavo Petro was over, an international court on Wednesday ordered Colombia’s national authorities to keep the dismissed mayor in…
Colombia’s State Council definitively decided to allow the dismissal of Bogota’s Mayor, Gustavo Petro, as ordered by the nation’s Inspector General after a garbage collection mishap in 2012.
The Colombian State Council has overturned eight further petitions against the removal of the Mayor of Bogota.
A Bogota initiative designed to treat impoverished drug addicts in the Colombian capital has come under scrutiny from oversight bodies for mismanagement of public funds.
Judicial authorities are investigating the judge who temporarily suspended the December dismissal of the mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota after revelations regarding the judge’s excessive wealth, local media reported Thursday.
Colombia’s State Council has confirmed its rejection of an appeal that would have halted the dismissal of Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, following last December’s much-debated decision by Colombia’s Inspector General…
Speaking to demonstrators in the Colombian capital, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro called for new protests for next week, promising changes to the public transportation system, according to national media.
In what is perhaps one of the final blows for ousted Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s Supreme Judiciary Council on Tuesday voted in favor of rejecting over 300 writs of protection in his favor.