Petro calls on Colombia’s left to mobilize over election probe
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro addressed the nation on Tuesday to mobilize his...
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Colombia’s election authority charges Petro with campaign financing violations
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that “the coup d’état has begun”...
Colombia’s main opposition movement not allowed in next year’s local elections
Colombia’s electoral authority banned the movement of Gustavo Petro, the presidential...
Colombia’s main political parties restricted from fielding candidates in 2019 regional elections
Colombia’s National Electoral Council (CNE) on Monday announced that several of the...
National Electoral Council officially confirms re-election of Colombia’s president
Colombia’s National Electoral Council (CNE) officially approved the re-election of President Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian media reported on Thursday. The CNE officially confirmed the re-election of President Santos...
Colombia cancels 2014 election primaries due to high costs and low turnout
Colombia’s electoral authority announced Wednesday it would be canceling this year’s political parties’ primaries, previously scheduled to take place in late September. The internal referendums in Colombia are...
New judge selected for Colombia’s National Electoral Council
A new judge has been elected for the National Electoral Council to replace Carlos Ardila who had resigned in May. The new judge, Yolima Carillo, was born in Maico from the Guajira department and studied law at the Barranquilla...
Polemical billboards are not propaganda: National Electoral Council
Colombia’s National Electoral Council on Tuesday determined that polemical billboards...
Colombia to investigate campaign financing of 120 candidates
Colombia’s National Electoral Council (CNE) decided to investigate 120 governor and mayoral candidates for failing to submit information regarding to the financing of their political campaigns, according to Colombian...
Electoral council allows negative campaign ads
The Colombian National Electoral Council (CNE) said Thursday that negative propaganda is permitted in political campaigns. The President of the CNE, Joaquin Jose Vives, said that negative advertizing would be allowed on the...
Colombia election authority revokes 821 candidacies
Colombia’s National Electoral Council Tuesday has invalidated the identification papers of 464,554 voters and revoked 821 candidacies in an effort to prevent fraud in the upcoming October 30 elections, W Radio reported....
More voters than citizens in 56 Colombian municipalities
There are more registered voters than there are citizens in 56 of Colombia’s municipalities, according to a report by newspaper El Tiempo. Recent cross-checking done by the electoral tribunal indicates that the number of...
