Colombia’s traditional center-right parties face internal rebellions ahead of elections
Colombia’s traditional parties on the center right face growing internal rebellions ahead of...
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Colombia arrests coalition senator on bribery charges
The coalition of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque lost another seat in the Senate after the...
Defying mass protests, parties announce support for Colombia’s loathed tax reform
While thousands were protesting in front of Colombia’s congress on Monday, center right...
Colombia’s center-right parties back anti-government protests
Colombia’s center-right parties said Wednesday that they supported next week anti-government...
Santos’ party without presidential candidate in Colombia’s 2018 elections
The political party of President Juan Manuel Santos has been unable to pick a candidate for...
Colombia congress to decide how to ‘seal’ possible peace deal with FARC
Colombia’s Congress will decide how the country is going to “seal” a possible...
Links between Colombia’s politics and crime far from being a thing of the past
Colombia’s political parties continue to support alleged and even convicted criminal...
U Party leader not afraid of lawmaker exodus to Liberal Party
The president of the U Party has denied that the proposed Liberal Party reunification will hurt his party, despite rumors that several U Party senators will follow the Cambio Radical Party in rejoining the Liberals. The...
Political parties ban 1,400 candidates
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...
Peñalosa registers as Bogota mayor candidate
Enrique Peñalosa officially registered as a candidate for the 2011 mayoral elections in Bogota on Wednesday. He will run for mayor with the support of both the Green Party and the conservative Partido de la U. The coalition...
Impeachment proceedings begin against Partido de la U chairman
Colombia’s highest administrative court accepted a suit against the chairman of President Juan Manuel Santos’ Partido de la U Thursday that could result in his removal from office. Party chairman Juan Lozano has been...
Uribe faces difficulty in managing Antioquia allies
According to El Tiempo, ex-president Uribe is experiencing difficulty in allying his party with Antioquian Conservatives against rivals in the upcoming election for the governor of Antioquia and the mayor of Medellin. Uribe met...
