Archive - Colombian Politics & Elections

Decretazo: Petro's consulta by decree

Petro has signed the decree calling the consulta popular on the labour reform, despite widespread consensus that doing so is illegal. It provokes a…

Jun 17 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

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…

Jun 12 •

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…

Jun 3 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

May 2025

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.

May 24 •

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…

May 20 •

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…

May 7 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

April 2025

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…

Apr 3 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

February 2025

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…

Feb 26 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

January 2025

The Trump-Petro crisis

On January 26, Petro and Trump got their countries into a short diplomatic crisis and trade war over Petro's refusal to accept deportation flights. A…

Jan 31 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

December 2024

Palace intrigues: Armando Benedetti's return

Armando Benedetti, a larger than life political figure with the reputation of a brutish, deceitful ruffian is back at the centre of politics at the…

Dec 27, 2024 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

November 2024

Vicky Dávila 2026?

Final part of a series on Vicky Dávila. Today: the consolidation of her presidential candidacy through Semana, her exit from Semana as her unofficial…

Nov 25, 2024 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

Vicky Dávila and 'Semana', the staging ground for a presidential candidacy

Part 2 of a series on (now former) Semana director Vicky Dávila. Today: How Semana became the mouthpiece of the right-wing opposition and the staging…

Nov 21, 2024 •

Gaël M. L'Hermine

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts