Uribe wants to declare ‘state of exception’
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is currently in a meeting at the Casa de Nariño to decide whether to declare a “state of exception” over the emergence of illegal armed groups. Critics…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is currently in a meeting at the Casa de Nariño to decide whether to declare a “state of exception” over the emergence of illegal armed groups. Critics…
Colombia modified its extradition law so that demobilized paramilitaries participating in the Justice and Peace program can not be immediately extradited until they have adequately complied with the national reparation process,…
The President of the Supreme Court, Jaime Arrubla, said Friday that the election of a Prosecutor General is vital for Colombia but that there are no plans to make changes…
Colombia’s President-elect Juan Manuel Santos will next week meet with representatives of the country’s Supreme Court to discuss repairing broken relations between the executive and judicial branches of Colombia’s government,…
Despite the ongoing feud between outgoing President Alvaro Uribe and Colombia’s judicial system, the country’s Supreme Court announced on Monday it is willing to meet with President-Elect Juan Manuel Santos,…
President Alvaro Uribe proposes that the power to elect Colombia’s prosecutor general be transfered from the Supreme Court to the head of state. “I think that one of the reforms…
Colombia’s Supreme Court failed to elect a new national prosecutor general for the twelfth time in a year, because they could not reach a consensus on which candidate should fill…
Colombia’s Supreme Court rejected President Alvaro Uribe’s request for a meeting to address several controversial issues that have recently caused friction between the two branches of government, Caracol Radio reported…
The Colombian government denied the U.S.’s extradition request for Freddy “El Aleman” Rendon Herrera, a former paramilitary leader wanted by the U.S. for drug trafficking, but approved that of DMG…