As the curtain raised on a new session of congress on Friday, Efraín Cepeda, the director of the Colombian Conservatives, warned of a 'crisis' in President Juan Manuel Santos' National Unity coalition government.
20 July 2012
Colombia's Twitter revolution kills off another top public figure
Colombia's internet indignados have struck again, this time ending the career of Emilio Otero, the controversial Senate Secretary caught in the eye of the storm as the nation revolts against a congress they view as decadent and self-serving.
14 July 2012
Left-wing López capable of a Colombian presidential 'coup'?
If recent polls are right, however, the presidential elections of 2014 are a once in a generation opportunity to redraw the political map. A third of voters appear set to vote left-wing while the right will be split between a Uribe-backed-horse and President Santos.
11 July 2012
A 'Colombian Bagdad'? Toribio, the FARC's front-line
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Boos and whistles greeted Juan Manuel Santos this morning as his presidential helicopter touched down in Toribio, south west Colombia.
Santos lands after nearly a week of intense FARC bombardments that have left thousands displaced, and whole streets reduced to rubble.
Over the last decade the FARC have attacked 500 times. The municipal, known locally as 'Toribistan', or as Semana magazine put it, 'Bagdad', is at the front-line of a terrorist struggle against the Colombian state.
8 July 2012
Uribe turns Colombia's political cold war caliente
Alvaro Uribe parked his tanks on President Juan Manuel Santos' lawn this Thursday.
At a special gathering of loyal followers in an exclusive club in the north of Bogota, Uribe announced the formation of the Puro Centro Democratico political movement - the platform from which he will fight to return Uribism to the presidential palace in 2014.
6 July 2012
President Santos' fightback?
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| It never rains but it pours |
It is hard for a politician to admit failure or error. But President Juan Manuel Santos started this week by doing just that. 'We got it wrong' Santos told the nation, and 'there will be corrections'.
Next month Santos celebrates two years in power. For the first year the president enjoyed record levels of public support, often in the 80%s. This honeymoon is now well and truly over, and following a series of difficult political decisions and on the back of a growing opposition from ex-President Alvaro Uribe, Santos has slowly been slipping in the polls. By last weekend, however, support for Santos had, for the first time, fallen below 50%. Santos is 15 points below Uribe's worst ever poll rating.
How will Santos fightback?
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