March 2, 2021
Colombia’s most powerful bankers have converted some of the country’s leading news media in platforms that defend the interests of suspected mafia figures.
Newspaper El Tiempo on Sunday published a column by former chief prosecutor Nestor Humberto Martinez, who resigned last year after the war crimes tribunal ordered an investigation into his alleged criminal activity.
Weekly Semana published an editorial in which the magazine urged to drop a fraud and bribery investigation against former President Alvaro Uribe despite compelling evidence.
Bankers or criminals?
The two news outlets have become increasingly outspoken in their support of alleged criminals after they were bought by Colombia’s two richest man, bankers Luis Carlos Sarmiento and Jaime Gilinski.
March 1, 2021
Colombia’s leading liberal and progressive politicians want to send traditional parties to the opposition benches next year, but are reluctant to join forces with the runner-up in the 2018 elections.
Whether they will succeed may depend on whether the so-called “Coalition of Hope” can join forces with the outspoken runner-up in the 2018 elections, Senator Gustavo Petro.
The Coalition vs. Petro
The Coalition of Hope was formed by dissident Liberal Party politicians, members of the Green Alliance party, the leftist Democratic Pole and former Mayor Sergio Fajardo.
The politicians have agreed to formulate a joint political agenda and elect one candidate to take on whoever the country’s notoriously corrupt establishment will push forward before March 6.
February 18, 2021
The power of Colombia’s president depends on his ability to manage the sometimes opposing interests of those who really control the country, like business associations.
While formally a democracy, all presidents of the 21st century have had no choice but to balance serving the public interest with private and even criminal interests.
This unstable balance of power is partly due to the country’s political history and culture, and partly a consequence of the country’s armed conflict.
The origin
The root of the problem is Colombia’s historically weak state, which has never allowed it to stand alone without support.
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the 2020 Gross Domestic Product would have ended with a decrease of between -7% and the -8.1%.
In this way, according to Oviedo, the strict quarantines, established in response to the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, would have negative effects for the Colombian economy, especially