Colombia’s Congress’s kicks off its new legislative year electing an allegedly criminal Senate president in a possibly illegal home-commuting session on Monday. Outgoing Senate President Lidio Garcia unilaterally decided to…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court sank President Ivan Duque’s decree allowing Congress to work from home, putting legislation passed over the past months at risk. The court sank the decree issued in…
For a neurotic soul like myself, staying at home is a real blessing. That is why I have enjoyed this confinement as if it were the golden dream I always…
Colombia’s lawmakers urged President Ivan Duque on Thursday to facilitate virtual sessions while Congress is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Congress remained closed after the end of its three-month…
Colombia’s Congress was supposed to return from its three-month Christmas recess on Monday, but decided the country could do without democracy for another month because of the coronavirus. The decision…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque obtained majority support in Congress after the right-wing Radical Change (CR) and the U party entered government. After months of negotiations between Duque and party bosses,…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque replaced his interior minister in what could be a move towards sharing power with other parties without losing his own. Taking advantage of the Supreme Court…
Colombia’s senate president will ratify a senate vote granting 16 seats in Congress to victims of the armed conflict against President Ivan Duque’s will, local media reported Monday. The extra…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque is reportedly close to sharing power with the conservative Radical Change (CR) party to secure a majority coalition in Congress. For the first time since taking…