Tag Archives: Colombian politics
“WE’RE GOING TO BUILD A COLOMBIA THAT’S MORE EQUAL”: THE FIVE KEYS TO GUSTAVO PETRO’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS
EL COLOMBIANO, August 8, 2022 https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/vamos-a-hacer-una-colombia-mas-igualitaria-las-5-claves-del-discurso-de-gustavo-petro-HJ18339259 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Gustavo Petro gave an hour-long inaugural address … Read More »
IVÁN CEPEDA: “TOTAL PEACE REQUIRES A CHANGE OF MENTALITY”
By Camila Osorio, EL PAIS, July 24, 2022 https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2022-07-24/ivan-cepeda-la-paz-total-requiere-un-cambio-de-mentalidad.html (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The leftist Senator is … Read More »
A CHANNEL FOR DIRECT DIALOGUE: THE FIRST PETRO-URIBE AGREEMENT
By Alejandro Arboleda Hoyos, EL COLOMBIANO, June 30, 2022 https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/politica/alvaro-uribe-y-gustavo-petro-acuerdan-linea-directa-de-comunicacion-en-el-proximo-gobierno-CN17928857 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The President-elect and … Read More »
COLOMBIA: FROM AUDACITY TO POWER
By Lautaro Rivara, www.alai.info/colombia-de-la-berraquera-al-poder June 23, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) After an uncompleted Peace Agreement, and … Read More »
THE PUTUMAYO OPERATION: THE ARMED FORCES WON’T SAY WHETHER CIVILIANS WERE KILLED
EL ESPECTADOR, April 7, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/operacion-en-putumayo-fuerzas-militares-no-responden-si-hay-civiles-muertos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) At the press conference, Minister Diego Molano … Read More »
REGISTRY DIRECTOR VEGA OPENED A PANDORA’S BOX WHEN HE ASKED THAT THE VOTES BE RECOUNTED
By Juan Sebastián Lombo, EL ESPECTADOR, March 21, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/politica/elecciones-colombia-2022/la-caja-de-pandora-que-abrio-el-pedido-de-reconteo-de-votos-del-registrador-vega/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Alexánder Vega’s petition … Read More »
ELECTIONS IN COLOMBIA: THE VORTEX OF THE REGIONAL HURRICANE
By Diana Carolina Alfonso and Lautaro Rivara, 3/15/22 https://alainet.org/es/articulo/215116 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The Left is celebrating … Read More »
ELECTIONS IN COLOMBIA: PERSPECTIVES FOR CHANGE AND THE ABSENCE OF GUARANTEES
By Lautaro Rivara, TeleSUR.net, January 24, 2022 https://www.telesurtv.net/opinion/Elecciones-en-Colombia-perspectivas-de-cambio-y-ausencia-de-garantias-20220124-0025.html (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) There’s little doubt that Petro … Read More »
“LEGALIZING DRUGS IS THE ONLY WAY,” JUAN MANUEL SANTOS
By Yamid Amat, EL ESPECTADOR, January 9, 2022 https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/expresidente-juan-manuel-santos-dice-que-legalizar-la-droga-es-el-camino-643831 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Juan Manuel Santos is … Read More »
IVÁN DUQUE’S FARCE
By Juan Carlos Botero, EL ESPECTADOR, January 6, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/juan-carlos-botero/la-farsa-de-ivan-duque/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) There’s a big … Read More »