Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday acknowledged the state’s responsibility in the killing of thousands of members of a leftist political party three decades ago and pledged to prevent…
Twenty-nine members of Colombia’s political left have been killed in the last two weeks. The killings spark fears of a renewed spate of political extermination exactly when extreme leftist rebels seek…
The leftist Colombian political party Patriotic Union (UP) marched on Thursday to honor the thousands of victims killed over the years from their movement in what has been called a…
Former Colombian vice-presidential candidate Aida Avella announced that her left-wing Patriotic Union Party must reorganize and unite in order to achieve its goals.
The vice presidential candidate for the Patriotic Union (UP) party, Aida Avella, has said a Bogota graffiti mural honoring 4,000 victims of UP-related political violence had been vandalized by a…
Aida Avella is a Colombian politician and leader of the leftist Patriotic Union (Union Patriotica – UP) party. A former psychologist and labor union leader, Avella joined the then-communist UP as…
Presidential candidates for Colombia’s left leaning parties the Democratic Pole (Democratic Pole – PDA) and the Patriotic Union (Union Patriotica – UP), are reportedly set to become running mates in…
Leftist Patriotic Union (UP) leader Aida Avella formally registered as a presidential candidate on Friday, less than two weeks after she was incidentally shot at by ELN guerrillas.
Colombia’s second largest rebel group on Thursday admitted to attacking the campaign convoy of leftist presidential candidate Aida Avella. The politician almost immediately accepted the apology and called on the…