Colombia’s elections: How low will they go?
You haven’t seen dirty political campaigning unless you’ve been to Colombia where rape and humanitarian crises are gladly exploited for electoral benefit.
You haven’t seen dirty political campaigning unless you’ve been to Colombia where rape and humanitarian crises are gladly exploited for electoral benefit.
Congressional elections in a quarter of Colombia are at risk for a possible intervention by illegal armed groups, according to the country’s ombudsman. This risk is under control, the national…
Colombia presidential candidate German Vargas is not doing well in the polls, but that’s hardly relevant. A network of powerful regional elites is reportedly helping him mobilize voters. Vargas has…
Colombia’s National Police has actively begun countering false claims made by candidates and other political actors ahead of elections in the South American country. The first politician to be reprimanded…
Colombia’s FARC rebels said Friday that they will suspend their campaign for the first elections since the group’s demobilization last year. According to the guerrillas, they need better security guarantees…
The demobilization of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group has reduced electoral risk in the country, according to independent electoral observers. Fraud risk remains an issue. According to the Electoral Observation Mission…
Colombia’s leftist politicians face violence and aggression as conservative rivals fire up anti-communist sentiments and fears the country could become a communist state like Cuba. The FARC, the socialist party…
A FARC election candidate sued Senator Alvaro Uribe on Friday. Sixteen years before the Marxists’ political debut, guerrillas killed 15 people in an attack on the former president’s inauguration. FARC…
Colombians are fed up with their traditional liberal and conservative parties, according to an election poll that predicts a win for both the left and the right. Pollster Guarumo, a…