Proposed law would allow for demobilization of Colombia criminal groups
Colombia’s House of Representative is debating a bill that would allow for the demobilization of criminal groups on a massive scale.
Colombia’s House of Representative is debating a bill that would allow for the demobilization of criminal groups on a massive scale.
A controversial House representative on the congressional committee charged with investigating ex-President Alvaro Uribe is resigning, to be replaced by a representative who was elected amidst accusations of electoral fraud, according to local media reports.
A new bill has been proposed in the House of Representatives that would ban child beauty pageants in Colombia due to their potentially negative impact on the participants, reported national…
A Chamber of Representatives member on Monday denounced threats to publish evidence allegedly showing him sexually abusing children as an attempt to discredit him with a “dirty campaign.”
Senior politicians have proposed a range of new bills in a bid to modernize Colombia’s poorly rated congress, reported local media Thursday. Senate President Roy Barreras and President of the…
A bill that was proposed by Colombia’s liberals to decriminalize the cultivation of illicit crops was denied on Wednesday. According to La FM Radio, the bill was rejected by the…
The president of Colombia’s House of Representatives on Monday threatened to withhold lawmakers’ salaries if they fail to sufficiently show up in Congress. A day before suspending Tuesday’s plenary session…
Colombia’s House of Representatives approved a “law of transparency and public access” Tuesday that will increase citizen access to information about state matters. The law would “open the windows of…
An unnamed plaintiff has filed a lawsuit with Colombia’s State Council to have the President of the House of Respresentatives, Simon Gaviria, removed and banned from office, reported news agency…