A margin of less than one point does not cancel a resistance Colombia has sustained for forty years
On August 7th, in a sports arena in Cali rather than in Bogotá, Abelardo…
ELECTIONS 2026
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ELECTIONS 2026
16 articles published in this category.
Gustavo Petro’s last act turns his exit from power into relic, resistance and electoral denial
On 20 July 2026, in the working class district of Ciudad Bolívar, in southern…
The president-elect who dreams of being sworn in surrounded by generals left the chair empty facing the Army
On the seventh of July two thousand and twenty-six, Colombia’s Ministry of Defence had…
The Veins That Opened Themselves: External Domination and Electoral Capitulation in Latin America
There is a version of history in which the United States and Israel subjugate…
The Tiger Rose to Power on Antioquia’s Votes Because Córdoba, Where He Grew Up Alongside Mancuso, Refused to Give Them
In Montería, capital of the department of Córdoba, a secondary school student named Abelardo…
The Lawyer Who Defended the Paramilitaries Reaches the Colombian Presidency with Ninety Decrees and the End of the JEP
On 24 June 2026, Colombia’s National Electoral Council proclaimed Abelardo de la Espriella president…
How Vote-Buying, Falsified Forms and Imperial Indifference Emptied Colombia’s Presidential Election of Meaning
Juan Rulfo imagined a village where the dead keep talking because no one told…
The abuses of the continental far right’s favorite villain: Beto Coral, Honduras and the Trump corollary no one wants to name
In early December 2025, the Trump administration published its new National Security Strategy, described…
Cepeda and De la Espriella accuse each other of plotting an autoatentado as the MOE calls for toning down campaign rhetoric four days before the runoff
On 8 June 2026, thirteen days before the presidential runoff, the two candidates contesting…
Before voting on 21 June, know that Bukele, Milei and Trump used exactly the same discourse De la Espriella uses today
By Gabriel Schwarb On Saturday 23 May, a boat sailed along the Magdalena river…
18,677 Reasons to Choose Peace Again: Anatomy of a Kidnapped Figure
The number 18,677 took more than a decade to come into existence and barely…
While He Turned His Body Into a Spectacle, They Knew With Surgical Precision the Name of What They Would Lose
On May 31, 2026, Abelardo de la Espriella obtained 43.7% of the votes in…