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Attack on Miguel Uribe: The ugly face of political violence
Presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in the head on June 7 and remains in critical condition. The attack has rocked the political…
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Gaël M. L'Hermine
Colombian Politics Digest XII: Labour reform and labour scandals
A sumary of recent news: The revived labour reform passes third debate, and scandals around Pacto rep. David Racero, including embarrassing allegations…
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Gaël M. L'Hermine
Colombian Politics Digest XI: China, scandals, arrests, addictions and more
A sumary of recent news: Petro in China, former presidents of the Senate & House arrested, the justice minister resigning and more.
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Gaël M. L'Hermine
Petro's consulta popular defeated, labour reform revived
On May 14, the Senate narrowly rejected Petro's consulta popular on the labour reform but revived the labour reform. Petro has angrily denounced the…
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Gaël M. L'Hermine
Breaking point: The death of the labour reform and Petro's consulta popular
The death of the labour reform in the Senate and Petro's call for a referendum on labour rights is the breaking point in Petro's relations with Congress…
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Gaël M. L'Hermine
War in Catatumbo
Since January, the Catatumbo region has been ravaged by a war between the ELN guerrilla and FARC dissidents, affecting over 90,000 people. It sealed the…
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Gaël M. L'Hermine
Livestreaming a dysfunctional cabinet meeting
On Feb. 4, Petro broadcast a full cabinet meeting, revealing just how dysfunctional and factionalized the government is and precipitating a cabinet…
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Gaël M. L'Hermine
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