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People support Democracy Plan and security measures in Bogota ahead of presidential elections
Bogota/Colombia- People commended the special security measures in the Colombian capital, Bogota, to put an end to violence, ahead of the presidential elections due to be held on May 29th.
As Guerillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces…
Colombia’s inspector general suspends mayors on election meddling charges
Colombia’s inspector general said she provisionally suspended the mayors of Medellin and Ibague for their alleged meddling in elections.
Inspector General Margarita Cabello announced the suspensions on Twitter, but didn’t immediately…
Visual investigation technologies to unveil decades of armed conflict in Colombia
Bogota/Colombia - A visual investigation by the Colombian Truth Commission and the British research agency Forensic Architecture reveals details of the forced disappearance in the retaking of the Palace of Justice, the dispossession and…
Otoniel: Colombia steps up operation against rioting cartel
Colombia has sent an additional 2,000 troops and police to help contain a gang that has burned cars and threatened people as reprisal for the extradition of its leader to the US.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga,…
Fact Checkers Play Crucial Role in Upcoming Colombian Presidential Elections
Bogota, Colombia - As Colombian presidential elections loom, fact-checking is essential in a country where disinformation is spreading and becoming a more complex phenomenon based on emerging techniques of deception.
The country’s main…
Otoniel: Colombia drug kingpin extradited to US
Colombia has extradited the drug baron leader of the country's biggest crime gang to the US, Colombia's president has announced.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was the world's most…
Social media become powerful tools for election propaganda in Colombia
Political counterparts have exploited the continued unregulated growth of social media platforms for their own propaganda in the upcoming presidential elections in Colombia where virtual reality is turning the advertising industry upside…
Women take to the streets to campaign for gender pay gap in Colombia
Thousands of people have marched in the Colombian capital, Bogota on the occasion of the International Labor Day, urging the country’s unions to discuss the gender pay gap. Female protesters called for improving gender equality and allowing…
Colombians to vote in presidential elections amid high security
Colombia will hold its presidential election on May 29th as the Pacto Historico Party is expected to win the elections for the first time in the country’s history. However, the Colombian people will need from the winner of the elections to…
Colombia: Judge rules probe into former leader Uribe can proceed
The judge dismissed a request by the attorney general to shelve the witness-tampering case against the former president.
A judge in Colombia has dismissed a request to shelve a witness tampering investigation into former President Alvaro…