Colombia’s senate president sent out a communique to his colleagues warning that a $400 penalty will be placed on senators who do not attend senate sessions, local media reported Monday.
Colombia’s opposition is not allowed to explicitly mention Colombia’s former president and current senator Alvaro Uribe in a pending debate on the politicians’ alleged ties to paramilitary groups.
The Senate’s Second Committee will take center stage in Colombian politics on September 18, when it is now set to debate the issue of Senator and former President Alvaro Uribe’s alleged…
A debate on Senator Alvaro Uribe’s alleged links to now-defunct paramilitary groups was shot down by Colombia’s Senate on Tuesday, after days of the debate monopolizing the first week of the former president’s new…
The Colombian congress that will serve the 2014-2018 term just took office and on Tuesday, they started the selection of law-makers for the committees that will steer the legislative agenda…
Senator Luis Fernando Velasco, best known for his opposition to high energy prices, was chosen by the Liberal Party and the Senate for the Senate Presidency, the most important leadership position…
A former senator from Colombia’s last Congress took the sink and carpet from her old office, preventing incoming Senator Alvaro Uribe from being able to move into his office, according to local…
Colombia’s recently inaugurated Senate will bring a new dynamic to national politics, though not necessary a new face to its politicians.
The coalition supporting President Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia’s Senate on Wednesday elected Jose David Name as Congress president, a position he will take charge of on July 20.