Colombia’s government coalition cracks
Conservative and progressive liberals are threatening to leave the congressional coalition of President Gustavo Petro. In an open letter to the president, Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria said that “we…
Conservative and progressive liberals are threatening to leave the congressional coalition of President Gustavo Petro. In an open letter to the president, Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria said that “we…
A Supreme Court investigation against a Liberal Party senator put the pet project of Colombia’s first lady at the center of a corruption scandal. The Supreme Court investigation against jailed…
Colombia’s powerful Liberal Party split on Wednesday after its leader decided to endorse the establishment candidate in the presidential elections. Former President Cesar Gaviria, the long-time boss of the Liberal…
Progressive opposition candidate Gustavo Petro met with former President Cesar Gaviria on Monday to seek a Liberal Party endorsement ahead of the elections. Petro met with the leader of the…
Ongoing anti-government protests have created major cracks in the minority coalition of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque. Conservative Party (PC) lawmakers and former President Andres Pastrana are rebelling over Duque’s refusal…
Colombia’s center-right parties said Wednesday that they supported next week anti-government protests and urged President Ivan Duque to distance himself from “radical voices.” In an extraordinary press conference, leaders of…
A court ordered the government of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to publicly apologize for the harassment of an opposition leader by the government of his political patron, former President Alvaro…
Questions remain 30 years after presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan was assassinated by Medellin Cartel assassins just south of Colombia’s capital Bogota. The violent death of the anti-corruption advocate is…
Colombia’s prosecution ordered the country’s electoral authority on Wednesday to investigate new claims that former President Juan Manuel Santos received illegal funding for his 2014 campaign. The Prosecutor General’s Office…