Bogota’s mayor-elect has denied causing the shares of the city’s government owned electricity supplier to plummet, reported Bloomberg Wednesday. Shares in Empresas de Energia de Bogota, the country’s second largest…
Gustavo Petro, elected as the next mayor of Bogota, was declared fit to take office on Wednesday, following an allegation that a previous criminal conviction might prevent him from doing…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Monday accepted the defeats of the majority of candidates he endorsed in Sunday’s local elections, and congratulates the winners. In a press release, Uribe…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that the election of former guerrilla Gustavo Petro as Bogota mayor is a message to rebels that it’s time to lay down their…
Bogota Mayor-elect Gustavo Petro said Sunday that the Colombian capital’s local electoral results are a “victory of the desire for change.” In his victory speech, the former guerrilla thanked the…
Former guerrilla and socialist candidate Gustavo Petro won the Bogota mayor election and will assume the country’s second most important job on January 1. Petro who after 99.44% of the…
Socialist candidate Gustavo Petro remained in the lead in the most recent poll for Bogota mayor, an office up for election on Sunday. According to the poll, conducted by the…
Progressivist candidate Gustavo Petro remained in the lead in the polls for the Bogota mayoral election, while independent candidate Gina Parody continued to climb the polls to tie Green Party…
The candidates for Bogota mayor faced questions about their support of politicians implicated in criminal activities, their political alliances, the viability of their proposals, and their security policies in the…