Attacks, impunity still threaten journalism in Colombia: NGO
Colombia remains among the most dangerous places in the world to practice journalism, according to a new report released by a national NGO Tuesday.
Colombia remains among the most dangerous places in the world to practice journalism, according to a new report released by a national NGO Tuesday.
Independent electoral observers raised the alarm last week over a sharp increase in municipalities with elevated risk for fraud ahead of and during Colombia’s upcoming elections. Particularly the senate elections…
Ahead of Colombia’s upcoming congressional and presidential elections in March and May, respectively, Colombia Reports will be featuring editorials from the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE), a local NGO monitoring election-related…
On March 9th and May 25th, Colombians will vote in a new Congress and president, respectively. These 2014 elections are essential for defining the political map of the country but…
National elections are still a few months off in Colombia, but already the allegations of untoward practices are pouring in. Charged with monitoring Colombian elections, the International oversight body Electoral Observation Mission…
Colombia’s government must “carefully monitor” upcoming 2014 elections in order to avoid violence, coercion, and corruption, and “to mitigate irregularities” in the electoral process according to the director of an…
Gunmen killed the head of the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) in Putumayo department, southern Colombia on Sunday. Epaminondas Eladio Yascual Imbaquin was gunned down by two men outside of Mocoa,…
The heads of Colombian political parties and movements must call for an end to the violence and riots that followed recent local elections, according to an electoral observation NGO. The…
Colombia’s local elections saw a steep drop in violence, the government reported Sunday evening. Violence fell by 86% since the last local elections in 2007, Colombia’s Interior Minister German Vargas…