Colombia Elections

U.S.-Educated Economist Wins Colombia's Presidency By Largest Margin In Modern History

AP | LUISA FERNANDA CUELLAR | Posted 05.25.2011

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's president-elect was congratulated by Venezuela on Monday while a friendly phone call from Ecuador's president sugg...

Colombia Elections: Brainy Outsider vs. Uribe Torchbearer

AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 05.25.2011

IBAGUE, Colombia — The campaign rally feels like a cross between a civics lecture and a revival meeting. The bespectacled former university rect...

Hollman Morris, Colombian Journalist, Says Patriot Act Visa Rejection for "Terrorist" Activities "Puts My Life in Danger"

Max Schoening | Posted 05.25.2011

Max Schoening

A Colombian journalist who was recently denied a visa to study under Harvard University's Nieman Fellowship program says the State Department's decision may put his life under further threat.

Washington and the Colombian Elections

Aldo Civico | Posted 05.25.2011

Aldo Civico

There is an anecdote circulating in Washington. It is about a meeting between the Colombian foreign minister Bermudez and the president of the Senate ...

The Colombian Elections: Who Will Be the Next President of Macondo?

Michael Fairbanks | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Fairbanks

How many countries in the world could elect as its next president someone who dropped his pants and mooned a disrespectful audience of students?

Antanas Mockus: Has Colombia Found Its Obama?

Posted 05.25.2011

By Nadja Drost - GlobalPost BOGOTA, Colombia -- He got married on an elephant. He dispatched mimes into the streets to shame drivers into respectin...

Colombia's Elections: Under the Gun

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Laura Carlsen

The results of Colombia's elections raise serious doubts about the quality of that country's democracy, especially in the light of past and present violence.