BY CARLOS CRUZ MOSQUERA Colombian elites are determined not to let leftist president Gustavo Petro serve out his full term. As top judicial officials target him and his cabinet, drug cartels and their links to the far right remain uninvestigated. Colombian president Gustavo Petro speaks during a press conference in Bogotá, Colombia, on February 8, … Read More
Adil Meléndez Márquez received call from bodyguards 20 minutes after Sir Henry Brooke award from Alliance for Lawyers at Risk Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent Thu 15 Feb 2024 05.30 EST “I’m very afraid,” says Colombian lawyer Adil Meléndez Márquez, the day after being presented with an award in London honouring human rights defenders. Adil … Read More
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has warned that neocolonial elites are treating people of the Global South as “disposable, like the children of Gaza”. https://youtube.com/watch?v=kC8YMcHn9nE
By Ben Norton Gustavo Petro won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on May 29. In the second round, he defeated far-right candidate Rodolfo Hernández, a real estate mogul with an estimated $100 million in wealth. Petro previously served as mayor of the capital Bogotá, and long before that was a former guerrilla in the armed … Read More
Task Force on the Americas Statement TFA Denounces Colombia’s Denial of Entry for TFA board member Teri Mattson While enroute to observe the upcoming high stakes election in Colombia, Teri Mattson was denied entry by Colombian authorities and had her passport seized. After arriving at 6:55 am on May 22, she was forced to spend … Read More