Council of State rejects Cordoba’s return to Senate
The Council of State rejects former Senator Piedad Cordoba’s lawsuit claiming that she was unlawfully barred from holding public office for 18 years on the grounds that she had ties to…
The Council of State rejects former Senator Piedad Cordoba’s lawsuit claiming that she was unlawfully barred from holding public office for 18 years on the grounds that she had ties to…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez has asked the Constitutional Court to support a ban on the possession and consumption of low quantities of drugs, El Espectador reported Wednesday. Speaking in…
Colombia’s inspector general orders the Constitutional Court to overturn an extension of the state of emergency declared after the disastrous rainy season, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez…
Colombia’s inspector general has dismissed the appeal of a former senator convicted of corruption, meaning that he will continue to be banned from holding public office for 15 years, El…
Colombia’s State Council requests a disciplinary investigation into the former inspector general, who allegedly ordered the illegal wiretapping of over 50 state officials. Edgardo Maya Villazon, who stepped down in…
Jamie Blanco Maya, the brother of Colombia’s former Inspector General Edgardo Maya, was called for questioning by a human right prosecutor in relation to the murder of two unionists working…
Colombia’s Supreme Court will open an investigation into Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez’s decision to ban Senator Piedad Cordoba from public office for 18 years, reports El Espectador. Supreme Court President Jaime Arrubla confirmed that…
Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez rejects Senator Piedad Cordoba’s legal challenge that he should not judge her appeal against her dismissal for allegedly collaborating with the FARC. Ordoñez said there are…
Senator Piedad Cordoba, who last was month barred from holding public office for 18 years for allegedly collaborating with the FARC, says she will reactivate hostage release negotiations with guerrilla…