Colombia’s anti-government protests are drawing tens of not hundreds of thousands of people throughout the country in what seems to be a colorful and loud national celebration. Bogota Bogota‘s marches were led mainly by students, who have been protesting for weeks. Calle 26 #AsiVaElParo pic.twitter.com/LBUc8XjoJN — Hanso El Artista (@DonHanso) November 21, 2019 Medellin In […]
Colombia’s Truth Commission urged the government of President Ivan Duque to stop sowing panic over anti-government protests planned for Thursday. Duque believes a far-right conspiracy theory that the national strike is an international leftist conspiracy seeking to overthrow his government, a source close to the president told weekly Semana. Colombia’s traditional and social media agree: […]
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office was raided by the Inspector General’s Office on Tuesday amid an investigation into illegal wiretapping practices. According to newspaper El Espectador, a judge ordered the Inspector General’s Office to search the offices of two prosecutors accused of illegal wiretapping. The wiretapping was allegedly carried out by two prosecutors implicated in the […]
The commander of Colombia’s armed forces ordered the highest state of alert ahead of anti-government protests on Thursday. The extraordinary measure follows swelling support for the national strike called by labor unions and the protests called by dozens of social organizations. The highest grade of alert took effect on Monday 6AM and will last until […]
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque signed off on a law that allows mayors to determine where alcohol and drugs may or may not be consumed. The police code introduced by Duque’s predecessor, former President Juan Manuel Santos, banned the use of alcohol and drugs in public, but this was struck down by the Constitutional Court. In […]
A former narco who Colombian media dubbed the “life saver” of former President Alvaro Uribe‘s brother last year put another nail in the coffin of this “good Colombian” over the week. The revelation of “Zeus,” a former army major who worked for the Norte del Valle Cartel, confirmed this week that his claim that Santiago […]
Anti-government protests planned for next week received an unexpected endorsement on Thursday. The newly elected Miss Colombia decided to weigh in with full force. National beauty pageants may go unnoticed in most countries, but not in Colombia where the annual election is one of the biggest cultural events of the year. Maria Fernanda Aristizabal won […]
Mass protests expected in Colombia next week are part of an ongoing struggle to pull President Ivan Duque to the center and away from his far-right party. This move is fiercely opposed by the president’s far-right Democratic Center (CD) party, whose bosses have everything to lose. Without Duque using his position of power to defend […]
Retired General Jaime Ruiz is a guy you don’t want to mess with, Senator Roy Barreras found out after death threats forced him to send his children abroad. Ruiz is the decorated director of veterans association Acore and one of the most extremist members Colombia’s armed forces ever had. In a press conference, Barreras said […]
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque put Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo in charge of Defense after former minister Guillermo Botero was forced to resign. With the appointment, Duque put one of the most senior hardliners in his cabinet at the head of the defense ministry. Criticism of Duque part of an ‘international slander campaign’: Colombia’s foreign […]