Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Monday showed that the government had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to media corporations to promote ongoing peace talks with the FARC. Turns out that…
Underlying many of the problems which have led to or exacerbated Colombia’s conflict, from economic and land inequality to drug-trafficking, is the central problem of a weak state. The absence…
The first elected female mayor of the northern Colombian port city of Barranquilla has revolutionized the Caribbean city with health and education policies, coupled with campaigns against unemployment and poverty.
President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday announced new measures to combat ongoing corruption in Colombia “so we will see far-stretching consequences, and soon.”
Colombia since 2012 spent a total of $1.15 billion on propaganda campaigns, more than the annual operating costs of its entire justice system.
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro burnt through another of his government secretaries, local media reported on Tuesday. Hugo Zarrate is the fourth to resign since Petro’s installment in January 2012.
Colombia’s 2015 budget is facing strong criticism from opposition parties from both the left and the right as Congress is divided on how to close the $6.5 gap in the proposed $108…
In a tumultuous week of consecutive clashes with the city council, Bogota’s mayor has failed to pass a single one of his proposed 2015 budget projects ratified.
A reform seeking to rewind a controversial 2005 law that allows Colombian presidents a second term is set be sent to Congress for ratification this week.