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Colombia’s Santos sacks cabinet to save his government

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos demanded the mass resignation of his cabinet Wednesday in an attempt to re-launch his flailing government, and kick-start the 2014 re-election campaign. After a catastrophic few months for…

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Colombian Conservatives place President Santos on notice

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…

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Uribe turns Colombia’s political cold war caliente

Álvaro 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…

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A Colombian revolution? Nation turns on political class

In the face of overwhelming public opposition Juan Manuel Santos’ government was this week forced to ditch one of its most prized pieces of legislative reform. Reaction to the Justice…