The president of the JEP announced radical cuts in the war crimes tribunal’s spending, which was forced to cut $53 million (COP170 billion) from its annual budget by Colombia’s Congress. In a press statement, JEP president Danilo Rojas sa...

Colombia’s main labor unions and a collection of civil society organizations called a national strike “against the fascist government of Abelardo de la Espriella and his tax reform” bill. In a press statement, the organizations accu...

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Colombia’s Vice-President Jose Manuel Restrepo on Thursday presented an Economic Rescue Bill that seeks to reduce government spending and increase its revenue. The bill grants extraordinary powers to President Abelardo de la Espriella to slash ...

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Colombia’s Justice Minister, Ivan Cancino, downplayed the evidence of ties between President Abelardo de la Espriella and drug traffickers that was displayed in Congress by opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda. In a video, Cancino said that “po...

Colombia’s opposition leader, senator Ian Cepeda, accused President Abelardo de la Espriella of leading an agrarian counter-reform designed to benefit land-owning clans and convicted drug traffickers. During a congressional debate, Cepeda claim...

The administration chief of Colombia’s President Abelardo De la Espriella told Congress that former President Gustavo Petro hired at least 48 women who were “trapped and exploited” for presidential parties. During a hearing, DAPRE d...

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella recognized the election victory of his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Ignacio Lula, who defeated far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro on Sunday. In a post on social media platform X, the Colombian Presi...

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