Tag: Politics in Colombia

Álvaro Uribe’s response to Mancuso for his statements before the JEP

Mancuso requests a private meeting on Uribe, Serpa and Pastrana at the JEP The paramilitary group reportedly acted to favor the campaign of certain candidates during the March and May 2002 elections in which Álvaro Uribe was elected President of the Republic. However, what ended up surprising the audience was that, before giving more details, […]

The taunt of María Fernanda Cabal during Teacher’s Day

This Tuesday May 15 Colombia commemorated Teacher’s Day highlighting the important role of educators for the construction of society. As well as the students, several politicians joined the congratulatory messages and María Fernanda Cabal was no exception. However, the congresswoman also took the opportunity to send a hint to those who, from her perspective, “indoctrinate.” […]

Gustavo Petro asks the ELN to “work seriously” for a ceasefire

President Gustavo Petro asked the guerrillas of National Liberation Army (ELN) “work seriously” for a ceasefire and showed his willingness to grant political status to that group. “We want to give the ELN that political status but recognizing the new reality. To that extent, I propose that we seriously work on a ceasefire. That they […]

Vice President of South Africa describes Francia Márquez’s visit as “Historical”

Also, the vice president asked his South African counterpart that the African country be a “guarantor” of the peace dialogue between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), a request that Mashatile accepted. “We have a commitment to peace. We know that you have all the experience of peace and reconciliation,” said Márquez. […]

President Petro convenes a table to accelerate the energy transition in Colombia

How do you plan to accelerate the energy transition in Colombia? In this context, he also raised the importance of replacing fossil energy with clean energy and doing so “fast because we are not talking about decades”in addition to highlighting the potential of Colombia both to generate this type of energy and to export it, […]

Former ministers make recommendations to the government in the face of total peace

Some twenty former ministers, former peace negotiators and academics presented a manifesto with proposals to improve the Colombian government’s total peace initiative, which includes recommendations on issues such as cessation of hostilities, public order and political objectives. “Who signed this document we share a deep interest in the eradication of the use of weapons as […]

The project to reduce vacations for congressmen is approved in the sixth debate

Regulation of cannabis for adult use two debates away from being a reality On the afternoon of this Tuesday, May 9, the bill that seeks to regulate cannabis for adult use in Colombia was approved in the sixth debate. The same, proposes the change of article 49 of the Political Constitution where it speaks of […]

Coalition with political parties could be recomposed according to MinInterior

Two weeks after the announcements of Gustavo Petro about his new ministerial cabinet, the new Interior Minister, Luis Fernando Velascor, he began his management in this Ministry with a firm step, after announcing that the break with some parties of the coalition, begins to have a better future. The break that occurred between National Government […]

Petro’s words to Santos after opinion on the health system

The advances achieved by the health reform last Tuesday, April 25, after being presented in the Seventh Commission, where the paper was approved, left several reactions. One of them was that of the former president, Juan Manuel Santos, who through his Twitter account gave his opinion on the changes proposed by the Government of Gustavo […]

Health reform is saved after approval of the Seventh Commission

Those who made the reform ugly Both Efraín Cepeda and Dilian Francisca Toro, directors of the Conservative Party and the Partido de la U, finally they socialized the decision of their communities not to support the reform to health led by Minister Carolina Corcho. It was through a video in which both political leaders expressed […]