Colombia’s government has proposed a constitutional reform to create a legislative commission and grant President Juan Manuel Santos extended powers to implement a possible peace deal with the FARC guerrillas into law.
After two weeks of intense demonstrations up much of the coastline, strikers in southwestern Colombia officially suspended all protest activities Friday in light of pending negotiations with government officials, Colombia…
Police arrested 42 people Sunday for offenses related to Colombia’s congressional election process, according to national media reports.
Colombian authorities reported a 90% drop in illegal interference from armed groups during Sunday’s congressional elections, when compared to 2010.
As part of a broader government effort to promote its compliance with Colombia’s striking agricultural sector, Minister of the Interior Aurelio Iragorri Valencia announced that Tuesday will mark the start of…
Colombia’s interior minister on Tuesday met with the election monitoring task force to tackle vote tampering and illegal financing in the upcoming 2014 elections.
Defense attorneys are to blame for for the congestion of Colombia’s courts, the newly appointed Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra said Monday. The problem, the justice minister argued, is often…
The State Council will evaluate a proposal to create a new Ministry of Justice, independent from the Ministry of the Interior which it currently shares a portfolio with. The ex…