Re-election referendum loses majority approval
The referendum needed for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term has lost the approval of the majority of Colombians, a poll published on Monday shows. According…
The referendum needed for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term has lost the approval of the majority of Colombians, a poll published on Monday shows. According…
Colombia’s prosecutor general has opened a preliminary investigation into former minister and current Conservative Party presidential hopeful Andres Felipe Arias for alleged corruption in the granting of agriculture subsidies, local…
Opposition party Polo Democratico on Monday called on independent presidential candidates to join forces to prevent a referendum on a constitutional change that would allow President Alvaro Uribe to run…
Prominent opponents of the referendum on the re-election of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe asked the country’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday to hold public hearings on the referendum. The Citizens Alliance…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has not finished studying the proposal to hold a referendum on allowing President Alvaro Uribe’s to run for a third term. Court President Nilson Pinilla told radio…
Colombia’s inspector general (IG) on Tuesday legally advised the Constitutional Court to approve a referendum that enables Uribe to run for a third term. The non-binding statement by Inspector…
The referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe’s re-election in May is causing controversy again, as the country’s Registry insists there is no time to organize the popular vote, while Uribe…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Tuesday he had left the question of his standing for a third term “in the hands of God.” In an interview with a local radio…
Hundreds of Colombian citizens have visited the Constitutional Court in Bogota to sign a petition protesting the re-election referendum designed to secure a third term in office for President Alvaro…