Court suspends dismissal of Bogota mayor
A central Colombia court on Tuesday suspended the immediate dismissal of Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro until it has had the opportunity to study the ruling of the Inspector General that…
A central Colombia court on Tuesday suspended the immediate dismissal of Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro until it has had the opportunity to study the ruling of the Inspector General that…
Organizers expect some 140,000 people to take to the streets in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Friday when supporters of Mayor Gustavo Petro are expected to protest the burgomaster’s recent removal…
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro seems to have attacks flying in from all sides, as in addition to being kicked out of office over rubbish disposal, a legal arsenal in the…
An oligarchical political class have governed Colombia for 200 years, but their time seems up. The touch paper was lit long before this week’s “coup” against the democratically elected Mayor…
Colombia rejected criticism over the recent dismissal of Gustavo Petro, mayor of the capital Bogota, as voiced by a UN representative and the incoming US ambassador.
Colombia’s former Prosecutor General on Tuesday sent an open letter to Congress, calling for the resignation of the country’s Inspector General after his controversial decision to dismiss the mayor of…
Colombia’s Supreme Court said it has convicted 45 congressmen and 7 governors for connections to paramilitary organizations since investigations into an ongoing “parapolitics” scandal broke in 2006.
Just hours after the Inspector General’s Office dismissed Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro for “irregularities” in trash collection, he told a crowd of thousands in the heart of Colombia’s capital that…
Dismissed Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro on Monday called for peaceful protest against his removal from office. He qualified the measure as a coup.