Lawmakers back out of referendum vote
Eight Representatives of the House withdrew and two called in sick for Tuesday’s vote on the referendum needed to allow President Alvaro Uribe a third term in 2010, the House…
Eight Representatives of the House withdrew and two called in sick for Tuesday’s vote on the referendum needed to allow President Alvaro Uribe a third term in 2010, the House…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will not change the shortlist of Prosecutor General candidates despite criticism of his nominees’ qualities and an apparent reluctance of the Supreme Court to elect one…
Colombia’s finance minister Monday denied Monday the Uribe administration is using government funds to secure the Congressional approval of referendum needed to re-elect the President. Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez said…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office will investigate accusations the government is pressuring and bribing Congressmen to assure the approval of the referendum needed for the re-election of President Alvaro Uribe. Inspector…
Colombia’s former Defense Minister and current presidential candidate Rafael Pardo claims the government is using more than US$110 million from public security funds to buy votes for the referendum needed…
Adults in Colombia believe Álvaro Uribe wants to run for president in 2010, according to a poll by Datexco. 79 per cent of respondents agree with this assessment, while 16…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will visit the country’s Supreme Court Monday to break the deadlock over the election of a new Prosecutor General. Uribe had given the court a shortlist…
Investigators found more than a billion pesos (US$500,000) in cash in the home of Senator Alirio Villamizar Afanador, vice-President of the Conservative Party, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. The senator is…
The Colombian government is pressuring Congressmen to vote in favor of the referendum needed for the re-election of President Alvaro Uribe, German Vargas Lleras, leader of coalition party Cambio Radical…