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…
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
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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…
Thirty-seven times on the brink of a deal with Iran and never once on the brink of peace
There exists a modest, almost clerical branch of journalism that consists of counting. CNN…
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…
When Cuba is the argument: extraterritorial blockade, electoral fear and the omission that makes the comparison possible
Every time an election approaches in Colombia, the name Cuba surfaces in right-wing speeches…
Fraud Doesn’t Need to Be Proven to Work: How Colombia Turned Unverifiability Into a System of Government
On Sunday 31 May 2026, nearly 24 million Colombians voted in the presidential first…
Israel on the UN Blacklist for Sexual Crimes in War: the State That Blocked Its Own Investigation to Avoid Being Investigated
On 29 May 2026, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres published the annual report on…
Three Government Programmes, Three Promises and a Bill Nobody Wants to Calculate
On 31 May, more than 41 million Colombians are called upon to choose between…
Iván Cepeda, a Repaired Man in a Country That Is Not Yet
The first round is on 31 May. Fifteen days remain. Many Colombians will arrive…