Police intervened in Colombia’s congress on Tuesday when a debate on a no confidence motion against the defense minister threatened to turn violent. With often emotional pleas, opposition representatives demanded…
The coalition of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque lost another seat in the Senate after the arrest of a senator on bribery charges. Senator Eduardo Pulgar of the center-right U Party…
Colombia’s senate chief caused uproar on Thursday by blocking a motion of confidence against the country’s controversial defense minister. Leftist opposition Senator Jorge Robledo had filed the motion of no…
Colombia’s Supreme Court suspended former President Alvaro Uribe’s decades-long political career on Wednesday, leaving the ruling Democratic Center party without leader. In a letter to the senate, the Supreme Court…
The election of Colombia’s new ombudsman came to a halt on Tuesday after one of President Ivan Duque’s candidates withdrew and another was dismissed. The president gave the House of…
If Colombia’s Supreme Court decides to jail former President Alvaro Uribe, the government of President Ivan Duque is likely to enter a crisis while the ruling party implodes. Duque’s party,…
FARC Senator Sandra Ramirez unsuccessfully tried to overthrow Colombia’s state for 35 years as a guerrilla, but two years in Congress were enough to be elected into the senate’s executive…
Dodgy clans with ties to organized crime tightened their grip on Colombia’s congress on Monday. Senator Arturo Char of the controversial Char Clan from Barranquilla was elected president of the…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque sunk Congress into chaos on Monday after forgetting to formally open the congressional year and referring to the opposition spokesperson as “that old woman.” Duque had…