The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia said Tuesday his office has requested a meeting with the country’s Inspector General who controversially barred the mayor of capital Bogota…
Just hours after the Inspector General’s Office dismissed Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro for “irregularities” in trash collection, he told a crowd of thousands in the heart of Colombia’s capital that…
Dismissed Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro on Monday called for peaceful protest against his removal from office. He qualified the measure as a coup.
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office announced the dismissal of Bogota’s mayor Gustavo Petro Monday, barring him from public office for 15 years, over “irregularities” during the transfer of the city’s waste…
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro defended police officers Thursday who had escorted Canadian pop star Justin Beiber while he spray painted a concrete wall on a side wall off a freeway…
Bogota’s Mayor Gustavo Petro presented a letter to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights on Monday, bringing a lawsuit against the Colombian government for alleged inhumane treatment and political rights…
Bogota has been chosen to host the fifth United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) summit in 2016, fighting off competition from over 20 different nominated countries.
Five of the six victims who were killed Sunday morning after police released pepper gas into a locked bar in south Bogota have been named by newspaper Semana.
Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro is in London to receive an award for his administration’s environmental policies, a recognition that is in stark contrast to how he is perceived in Colombia’s…