Colombian political parties have banned 1,400 supposedly criminal candidates from the upcoming October elections, various media reported. Since Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras declared July 7 month that the government…
President Juan Manuel Santos’ National Unity coalition will meet to discuss how it will address gay marriage, El Espectador reported Wednesday. The meeting is a response to yesterday’s declaration by…
Former Mayor of Bogota Jaime Castro has confirmed that he intends to run again in the upcoming elections, although his Liberal Party has already declared its support for David Luna,…
The Supreme Court ordered the arrest of former Congressman German Olano on Thursday for his part in the Bogota public works corruption scandal. The investigative unit of the Prosecutor General’s…
Liberal Party member Guillermo Rivera has launched a stinging attack on former President Alvaro Uribe’s administration, labelling Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups as his “legacy” and stating that the children of ex-paramilitaries…
The government will submit to Congress this week a bill proposing the framework for a new intelligence and counterintelligence state agency that will eventually replace the country’s security agency, the…
President Juan Manuel Santos is set to meet with members of the Conservative Party Monday to try and avoid a political crisis within the National Unity coalition. Frictions began to…
German Olano and Miguel Angel Moralesrussi have been expelled from the Colombian Liberal Party after investigations finished into allegations of improper conduct relating to public procurement contracts in Bogota, W…
Despite divisions over the draft of the government’s Victims Law, which regulates compensation for victims of Colombia’s conflict, the bill will go to the Senate Tuesday with signatures from all…